Camping/Triathlon

So Jared and I are NOT good campers and here is why:

The first time we went we totally didn't think about it and ended up sleeping right on the ground on some very lumpy tree roots - so now we have an air mattress - This would be ok except that Jared is a FLOPPER! He doesn't just role over, he flopps with all his might - which leads Duke and I to go flying like we were on the end of a BLOB all night! Duke - we bought him his own little sleeping bag hoping that he would just use that - he caught on pretty quickly that he was NOT on the air mattress and NOT under the same covers as us so he abandoned his little bag and now stands directly over my face staring at me until I let him in my sleeping bag. This leads me to tell you that Jared and I have mummy sleeping bags = NOT much room for Duke to sleep between my legs. After much resistance I have finally learned that when we go camping I bring a towel for me to lay on and just put my sleeping bag over me so that Duke can sleep there to....cause let's face it if Duke isn't sleeping well he is going to be standing over my face letting out pathetic whimpers every so often until he is under my covers. So in summary you have Jared in his sleeping bag by himself, sleeping soundly, then you have me with Duke over my face whimpering until he is BLOBbed on top of me and I let him under my sleeping bag as I am laying on a towel just waiting for Jared to FLOP again and send us flying. Add to this that I do NOT function properly and am NOT a nice person to be around when I do not have the sleep I need and it's a recipe for disaster.

This weekend we had to camp in Ludington Saturday night because Jared did a triathlon on Sunday. We had been at my sister's house in Traverse City all day playing with family and out on the water and got a late start to the campground. We got there as it was getting dark - 1st mistake. We quickly got the tent out and of course I put together the "frame" thing and filed it through the tent and OH it wasn't the right part of the frame - so back out it came. Finally it's up we are ready to stake it in... no stakes. So we threw bags in a couple corners and said good enough. We had no food, no water, no anything. Jared set up the infamous mattress and we both just crawled in and went to bed. There were a few BLOBbings during the night and a few whimpers from Duke after he would crawl out of the covers and then decide in fact he was happier under the covers, but overall I have to say it was a good night of sleep considering the conditions. I think me talking all day to Jared about how I was dreading it and how much he flopped helped - I think he tried to be a little more conscience of his movements...Thanks HUBBY!

The next morning at like 5:30 Jared was up and out and getting his stuff ready to go when there was a HUGE fart rippling through the campground! Jared whispers in the tent "WAS THAT A FART?" I said "It was but NOT by me!" Which was just hilarious!

Jared's Biggest Fan!

Jared is the one diving in the left 1/3 of the picture.

6th out of the water! GOOD WORK HUBBY!

At 7:21 Duke and I finally got up and packed up the tent in a hurry...only to discover that we did infact have the stakes...Jared had just rolled the tent out over top of them so we had slept on them all night. It's ok I didn't really mind the tent collapsing over me the entire night while Jared slept perfect in the center of the high pitch part of the tent in his sleeping bag without Duke. :0)

We made it into town and found Jared and then watched the Triathlon! Jared did GREAT dispite stepping on a big pointy rock on his first step into the water. (he was limping furociously after the triathalon from it and it turned into a HUGE bruise right where the arch is on your foot...OW!) Jared was the 6th person out of the water in his group which was AMAZING! He finished right in the middle of the pack of all racers and right on his goal time of 1:21. Duke and I were very proud of him!