They Did It!!

Mike and the boys (Eric and Adam) made plans before Christmas to go camping sometime during the holidays at the cabin.  And they did it!! 

We all went to lunch at the Lodge in Cloudcroft (a Christmas tradition that I personally LOVE!!) and then made a trip "down the hill" to Alamogordo for a day-after-Christmas trip through Wal-Mart for groceries and a few items for the camping trip.

By the time we got back up to the cabin, the sun was beginning to go behind the mountain.  They packed up in a hurry and headed up the mountain.  The girls and I noticed they forgot matches, flashlights and toilet paper.  Also, they left one of the adult sleeping bags behind and accidentally took the old kids bag with the smiley face on it (designed for sleep-overs, not sub-zero temperatures.)

We girls settled down in the warm cabin with new Kindles and some lovely wine. 

The next day, I drove up to pick them up at the appointed time.  I found three frozen men who were so desperate for a hot bath and a warm bed that they could barely speak.  But the story did come out.  They found a semi-flat surface in the dark.  Set up tents, started a campfire, ate the military MRE's that Eric brought them for dinner and decided at 9pm that it was time to turn in.  That's when the fun started, they said. 

First, snow is unforgiving.  Soft at first, then it becomes ice.  And even on a very gradual slope, that ice becomes a tent-luge.  All night long they fought the tent, sleeping bags, cold, wind and "something" walking around outside in the snow that kinda freaked them out.

When all is said and done, the one thing Adam and Eric were most impressed by was that Mike urinated his name in the snow.  It was actually the first thing the boys told me when they got into the truck.  Adam said the "M" was perfect!  I am left wondering if he wrote "Mike" or "Michael".  I am not going to ask.