Mark your calendars people!

Last weekend Don and I were driving through the desert to get to the in-laws. We decided it would be a grand idea to camp out there some day. In the summer. So what better time than this weekend to make it happen?! The impending forecast this weekend is predicting 116 degrees. Hooray! We would like to invite anyone that would like to come, on a camping trip to enjoy the gorgeous summer weather. Here is the itinerary so you can plan ahead! Let us know if you can make it. I promise, it will be a trip to remember! We will arrive at scheduled destination (ie. middle of the desert) around 11:00 AM. We plan on staying just the day, until about 6:00 PM, to enjoy the best part of the day. We wouldn't want to miss the sun! So I guess it is not really a camping trip. More of a day trip. Well, we might bring a couple towels to lay on in case we decide spur of the moment to spend the night. Or to take a nice afternoon nap....

We thought we would eat lunch around 3:00 PM. We are planning on bringing a couple dutch ovens. One for hot chocolate, and one for a potato casserole, made with lots of melted butter and cheese. We thought we would bring some saltine crackers for a nice snack. To drink we will have some warm diet Dr. Pepper.

Then we thought we would have a pleasant bonfire. Don is bringing a few of our large garbage bags full of Chloe's old dirty diapers to burn, so we should be able to get a good fire going! Bring some fun stories to share, like dreams you've had where you are really super thirsty but every time you try to take a drink, you are never satisfied. And then you wake up! What a silly/fun bonfire story! Or maybe about the people stranded on the ocean with only ocean water to drink, and then they drank it and all died! Those are just ideas, any fun appropriate story will be welcome and appreciated!

After the bonfire, we thought we would have a 3 mile race around the desert. And to multi task, we will have a contest to see how much trash we can pick up. Whoever picks up the most, wins! And the prize is they get to finish up the rest of the hot chocolate! Fun!

By 6 PM or so, we will start to clean up/pack up. We want to get out of there before the sun goes down.

Oh I forgot to mention, we will have a snake scavenger hunt- so you better brush up on all your desert dwelling snakes! You also might want to bring some anti-venom serum if you happen to have some handy.

Unfortunately we will have to drive our car without the air conditioning or tinted windows, but lucky for us it has black leather seats! Yeah! High class! Our other car,we just barely scheduled it today, is going into the shop to get a stripe painted on it.

If you want to come up later than us, just look for us on the side of the road, mile marker 321. We will be the couple in all black clothing dancing around the bonfire.

Hope you guys can make it!

I know after reading this, you will all be just dying to go!