Fly by the seat of my pants

Last week Tony came home from work one day and says to me,"My next job won't be ready for a week, so, lets go camping tomorrow". Now keep in mind that he is saying this to his wife who likes to plan and prepare and organize and have everything 'just so'.
"Tomorrow?", I say (knowing I would have no time to plan and prepare and organize).
"Yes, let's just go", he says to me.
"OK", I agree.
So, in 24 hours we borrowed my parents trailer (thanks mom and dad), packed some clothes, gathered some food, reserved the last camping spot available, made 100 phone calls (seriously) to rearrange our week and prior commitments, loaded the trailer, cleaned out the car, picked up the house, did a few loads of laundry.......... and then we were off. We headed to one of our favorite vacations spots - Island Park Idaho. Tony has been going here his whole life and it is fun for us to now take our kids who love it just as much as we do.
A few highlights of our trip include:

• A whole day in Yellowstone. We played the license plate game (almost got them all) and the kids were on the hunt for every possible animal that exists there. We saw the geysers, Old Faithful, the falls, Mammoth, the stink pots (gotta love those), lots of buffalo, elk, deer, 2 bears, and even coyotes. It was quite the adventure!!
• Floated the river. As tradition goes, we rented a canoe and floated the river one afternoon. We love doing this!! It is so peaceful, relaxing, and fun. The kids each took turns paddling and we even got out and played in the river. Towards the end a storm was approaching and Tony and I had to paddle like mad to get us back before we got rained on.
• Food over the fire. Nothing is better than meals cooked over the fire when you are camping. We had hot dogs, tin-foil dinners, marshmallows, and of course, smores!
• Shooting. We can't be in the mountains without Tony dragging out a gun for us to shoot. He has a favorite .22 that the kids love to shoot. I think Lauren outshot us all.

It was so nice to get away, have a change of pace, and have a change of scenery. More than anything, we just love being together as a family. Once we got home and were unpacking, Cody says to Tony,"Can we go camping tomorrow?".
I think that says it all.........