alumacraftjoe
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Well just got back from our family camping trip. We went to Taylorsville State Park campground at Taylorsville lake. Took a close to home trip as this was our first trip in the pop up we bought this spring. I tent camped growing up and my daughter and I went camping in Arkansas last summer with some friends in tents. My wife and my son had never been camping in their lives and neither had our dog so in order to have a successful trip I chose a place close to home, with good reviews, and a nice shower/bathroom (wanted the wife to agree to go again lol). We had a great time although it was hoooooooooooooooot!!!!! 102 yesterday. Thank God for air conditioning in the pop up. We had campfires (with marshmallows), took some hikes (this park has some awesome trails I think like 24 miles worth, and me and Taylor enjoyed some fishing time Tuesday and wed. evening as well as this morning before we left. We also saw tons of wildlife... deer, birds, a water snake, and several racoons. No boat so we were relegated to the shore near the boat launch. Taylor caught the only fish Tuesday evening. Wed. evening we caught about 15 between us and this morning we caught around 30. Mix of warmouth, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and one lonely bass. In hindsight we should have picked a place were the kids could swim as it was freakin' hot, but everybody had fun. The dog who was my biggest worry going in (still has some puppy in him and is hyper) was perfect camping is his cup of tea for sure. I know we are on the right track raising the kids (if u watch the slideshow you will notice a pick of a lot of trash on the trail by the lake) the kids asked if they could come back with trash bags and clean up before we left camp. We did just that this morning before we left. Attaching a pic and a slideshow... enjoy.
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