Camping at Inks Lake

After almost 2 years of living in Texas last weekend we finally went on our first camping trip. We went with 2 other couples the Smiths and the Becks. Friday night we arrived pretty late set up Camp and the had some very good chicken kabobs that Laura made. After that our family was to tired to play games so we just went to sleep...or did we. About 2 am we were woken up multiple times by a bug that got caught under the ten and kept trying to get out. Talk about annoying.

Saturday Seth and I were in charge of breakfast so we kept it simple with muffins, eggs, and orange juice. We then packed up most of our camp site and then headed down to the lake where we rented 2 canoes for 4 hours and bought some bait for fishing. We went over to what was called the bowl, a nice smooth perfect rock formation perfect for swimming in. There was also cliffs perfect for cliff diving. The water was nice and Kenzi got in for a little while but go right out when she heard there was a snake in the water. The swimming area was a little to popular so we decided to go find a more secluded spot and do some fishing. We paddled out and found a nice smooth rock not to far from shore, grounded our boat and proceeded to do some fishing.

We had lots of luck and I say within about an 1 1/2 we had caught and released at least 10 fish. Poor Seth however spent a lot of time helping the kids with their bait and taking the caught fish off the hooks. He only caught one fish and it wasn't any bigger than his finger. It was actually kind of funny. After the Lake we came back to Camp had some great hamburgers, packed up, and then headed to Long Horn Caverns.

The caves themselves were the perfect hike for the day since they are always cool and it was in the 90s outside. Plus it was only about a mile hike and the kids loved it. There were some neat formations, including a ghost. Even though our tourguide was a big grump we still enjoyed the cave. I think he hated kids. Kade was always asking him questions and I know he was getting annoyed.