Last week we went camping with Audrey's family down in Rough River, KY, which is about a 3 hour drive from Indianapolis. It was a nice long weekend, something we were all ready for, even Blake! This was Blake's first camping trip, and he was a trooper. 
We left Thursday morning, July 29th, and headed down to the lake for a nice 4 day vacation. We got there around lunch time and Audrey's parents, Phyllis and Leroy were already waiting. I think they wanted to see Blake more than they wanted to see us, which is understandable! We had a good lunch and relaxed for a bit before Audrey, Leroy and I took the two jet skis out for a spin on the lake, while Grandma stayed back to babysit the little guy. Rough River was made by a dam, but instead of being one big open lake, it stretches out like a snake with plenty of coves to jump in and swim. It also makes for some good jet skiing, as the water is just like glass with hardly any waves. We got the jet skis up to about 52mph in some spots while catching some rays and taking a break to swim in the lake that was as warm as bath water. Once we got back from jet skiing, we did a little cliff jumping and jumped off a 20-25 foot cliff! It looked twice as high to me. After our adrenaline died down, we relaxed for a bit and finished getting the big 44 foot camper situated, as our campsite was now available, before hitting up Little Dave's, a local restaurant for dinner. We turned in early, as we knew we had a long weekend ahead of us. Having the a/c cranked up definitely helped, as roughing it that weekend in 90 degree heat would not have been fun.
Friday morning came before we knew it, as Blake likes to get up early, and with it came some more swimming and floating in the lake. The weather Friday was perfect, about 85 degrees with a lot less humidity. Audrey's brother Travis came that afternoon to camp with us, and they went out on a little jet ski ride while we played with Blake. That night Audrey's sister Ashley and her husband Ryan arrived with their new boat, so we knew we would have a full house in the camper. We took Blake down to the lake to let him float in his new float. He seemed to like it, but all of the kicking really wore him out, so he didn't last too long, and was ready for a nap. For dinner we made "pudgies", which really is just a sandwich made with pizza ingredients on the campfire. Not sure how the Oedings came up with the name, but they were delicious, followed by s'mores. After that, the 8 of us hit the sack, as we were all worn out.
It stormed Friday night, and with it came more heat and humidity on Saturday morning. We started the day with a nice long boat ride on Ryan and Ashley's new boat. We did some cliff diving and some tubing on our way back to the campsite. Ryan did a good job of whipping us around on that tube, I was sore for a couple days after! We floated in the lake and relaxed some more. The camper was great to have, and definitely was a good break from the heat. That evening we took Blake out on his first boat ride. The little guy was all decked out in his hat and life jacket. It was hard to tell if he liked the ride or not. He looked a little confused most of the time, and I think he just wanted out of that life jacket. We had a great time out on the lake that night, and after some more floating in the lake, we cooked some burgers and chicken sausage before hitting the hay.
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