Camping Trip

This past weekend we ventured out to Inks Lake for the weekend.  D and I took off Friday and were able to get ourselves one of the best camp spots to set up our 'home away from home'.  Since all our other friends that met us out there have real jobs, we got to spend all day Friday by ourselves.  I had to share some of the pictures and especially the videos below.  D's commentary is HILARIOUS.  Note to self: hearing yourself talk on video is horrific and I should just not talk while recording. :o) 

This is a view of our home for the weekend.  You can see that we have our own private access to the lake.  It was the best thing for the pups, so they could cool off as needed.  I was amazed the B did so well in the heat, but a TON of that is because we were right on the water.

Another view.  I had to take a picture of the site number, so if we go back we can get these sites.  We got sites 347-348.  They really were some of the best for shade and water access.

This was the other portion of our site.  Doesn't the water just look amazing?  I think I could have stayed there for a least a month.

Bella is hilarious and decides to find the largest tree branch on the ground and start chewing on it.  The bigger the better I guess. 

We had to cheers to spending the day relaxing, not checking my emails, and just enjoying a beautiful day.

  
I don't know about you, but D makes me laugh.  This video is pretty awesome, minus me strutting around in my suit.  I was SO excited that B loves her life jacket and she can actually swim in it.  I had tried to have her use it once before, but she didn't really like it that time.  Now she can not get enough of the water.  She thinks its the best thing since sliced bread.  B could have stayed in the water the entire time that we were there.  We called her our little hippopotamus in the water.  She did so good.  It was so funny to watch her with the life jacket on because she only really moved her front legs.  It was like her back legs were her little rudders and just sat there unless she wanted to turn.  She is a funny girl.

I definitely recommend this life jacket to anyone that has a pup that loves water but is a little too heavy to keep afloat.  It's from Academy Sports and only around $20.  She just kept going and going and pretty much slept the entire day we got home.

This is B's attempt number 1 swimming with out her life jacket.  She was doing really good until she wanted to turn around.  Her back legs hit the ground and she was walking with her back legs and paddling her front legs.  She looked like she was a dolphin.  I wish I had video of this.  As you can see, D is falling over laughing at her = Priceless.

The bad thing now is that whenever she is around water, she has to have it on.  She thinks that she can swim on her own.  As you can see, she is swimming in this video, but she was a sinker the second time she tried this.  I was just glad I was in the water because she didn't understand that she was not floating.  Either way, I'm a proud momma of my little hippo and her swimming {with a life jacket} abilities!

We had a blast camping and I hope we can do it again soon.  My fam took more pictures, but that is all I have so far. 
Love B