Serenity on an overnight camping trip

On the Sunday of our first local camping trip, the weather was BEAUTIFUL.  Of course, this is how our lives work.  We camp all weekend, with terrible rain and mud to be going home to gorgeous skies.  So we decided to see if we could camp at Maumee Bay State Park, another local campground.  Even though they were only open for their seasonal campers, they did allow us to come stay a night. 

We were in awe of the beauty there.  After spending 3 days at Stony Ridge KOA, this was like a first class resort.  

Part of it was because there were NO neighbors, so it was peaceful, but the sites were so much better.  While MB doesn't have water hook ups at their sites, there is a filling/drain station at the front of the park. 

Dennis' friends, Leo & Shawn, stopped by for a visit and had dinner with us. 

They are a sweet, young couple.  Leo was in a car accident in Nov of 2018.  He was 3x's the legal limit driving a Rav4 and crashed into 4 cars, then a utility pole and then flipped his car.  He is lucky to be alive.  He has hearing loss and damaged his right eye.  He can no longer open it.  But he's alive!! 

 He learned a lesson, the hard way, unfortunately, but he doesn't really let it affect his happy attitude.  We sat around the campfire for awhile and laughed at stories.  After dinner, they left because Shawn had to work that night.  Oh to be young again...the kid was only going to get about 4 hours of sleep and then go work a full shift at work.  Ugh...I shudder at the thought lol!

 After they left, we sat outside for awhile, until it got to chilly.  Plus we had to get up for work and school earlier than usual the next morning since we weren't at home, so we decided to go inside, wind down and go to bed.

The sunset, while the four of us played Not Parent Approved  was breathtaking.  We were so sad we were only staying one night.

We knew at that moment, we will be spending a lot of time at Maumee Bay this summer!