Green Valley Campground

Labor Day weekend camping trips are pretty much mandatory. So we went. And we loved it. We choose the Green Valley Campground in Cuyamuca State Park and stayed 3 nights and 4 days. Fun? Definitely! Since our little group of camping friends were either out of the state (Wests!) or having a baby (Coxs!) we went by ourselves and it was still awesome.

We packed all of our stuff and left on Friday around 2 when Sean got home from work. We got up there and picked our spot. The ranger said that spot had a nest of "meat bees" in it we figured it was no big deal since if you leave bees alone, they leave you alone.... We made tin foil dinners that night and had s'mores for dessert.

Saturday morning we wake up excited to have blueberry pancakes for breakfast. Remember the bees?? Well, we figured out how "meat bees" worked that morning... they do leave you alone (like any other bee) if you leave them alone, unless there is food involved in that case, they have zero respect for your personal space!! Before we even got our first pancake in the pan, there were seriously 349 zillion bees swarming the small little bowl of pancake mix. Yep! They were EVERYWHERE! We couldn't move. They would follow. We couldn't cover the food. They would wait. Bug spray? Tried. I think they actually liked it. So we ate our breakfast in the car that morning (I think I may have eaten a couple of bees as well.) While in the safety of the car (so much for camping, huh?) we brainstormed a plan of attack for those evil little insects! We put our camping trip on hold for a little bit and headed to wal-mart in search of a mesh shade tent. We succeeded! We got back to the campground and set it up in time to try it out for lunch. It worked like a charm! The bees were still swarming but they were flying right into the side of our mesh screen! Sean thought it was necessary to rub it in the bee's faces by saying to them: "That is why I am man, and you are bugs!" and I agreed with him. Lunch was peaceful, and so were all the meals after that! We hiked to the waterfalls that day and the swimming hole. It was awesome! For dinner we had bbq ribs in the dutch oven and rice-a-roni.

Sunday we had mess for breakfast (bacon, eggs and potatoes scrambled together). We walked down to check out the river and hiked to the waterfalls again. This time we got in! It was freezing, but fun. We hung out and played games, most of which I won. We had chili dogs for lunch. Dinner consisted of french bread pizza and strawberry/peach cobbler for dessert (I love dutch ovens!)

Monday we explored for the last time and took some pictures. We packed up our campsite and then drove to some of the other ones in the area to scope out some options for next time. When we got home we were feeling good from a fun weekend and really dirty... And we were already talking about going again!