Mother's Day Camping

What a perfect Mother's Day weekend! On Friday we headed out to Pine Grove for some camping in the Amador County foothills. Dave & I both took Friday off work so we could get a full weekend out of it.

This is a campground we went to last Memorial Weekend, when it was the inaugural Jellystone Park - well it's since changed names again (this is the 3rd time that I'm aware of). Lucky for us, they still honored the free passes we won that weekend. Now known as Gold Country Campground, they are doing some renovations that should be finished by the time we get there over Memorial Weekend - including a splash zone which will be perfect for Drew!! Oh, and because of the minor construction we're invited back for another free stay - LOVE that!

We still managed to find plenty to do including some sidewalk art projects at the campground rec center.

That night we just conked out early and prepped for a busy Saturday. Drew did marvelously in the tent with us all night long! This is the first time he stayed with us the entire night - without the pack-n-play in Grammy & GrampC's trailer. We did buy a twin inflatable mattress for Drew, but it deflated before anyone even got to sleep in it. So Daddy played the tough guy, and took one for "the team" by sleeping on the ground. I'm still not sure why he didn't sleep with us - but that's neither here nor there.

On Saturday, we went into Plymouth to do some wine tasting - while we hit about 6 wineries - we should've stopped at two. The first two were phenominal - Wilderotter Vineyard and our absolute favorite was CG D'Airie - the winemaker is known for inventing Captain Crunch & Hidden Valley Ranch! They have beautiful grounds and fabulous wines. The others didn't leave much of an impression.

After several hours we went back to camp and Drew napped while Daddy & GrampC went and played horseshoes & Mommy & Grammy played cribbage. About the time Drew woke up from his nap - all the adults were ready for theirs. So after a bath, a movie went on so we could all sleep - does that earn us parents of the year or what?

Sunday was just playing and packing up. It was a perfect weekend and we're pooped out now - so I'm sure it'll take us a few days to recover. Drew hasn't played so hard in a while!

I'll leave you with a few more pictures of the weekend.

BELOW: Daddy, Drew & GrampC coming back up to camp after crafts


BELOW: Drew is picking some Mother's Day Flowers