I (Anne) have always said it would be fun to camp out in our pasture and I've thought about doing it almost every summer. This summer, we finally, ACTUALLY did it.
All of us kids (minus Sammy) slept two nights out in the pasture, right next to our hut. We used our fire pit we had dug. We only had one tent, so our parents went to town and bought another one. Walmart only had huge ones, so we ended up with a 6 person tent. They also bought us a grate to cook on and a sandwich toaster thingy. The first night, we ate supper out at camp. We had toasted ham and cheese sandwiches for supper. We got out there kind of late, so Daniel and I had to set up the big tent in the dark. John started all the fires. Sarah also helped set up. Our parents and Sammy joined us for supper (and Copper) but then we were left on our own. Nobody slept very well the first night. There was some critter shuffling around camp during the night. Around 6:00 am, we woke up. John got a fire going and I boiled water in a little coffeepot. We had oatmeal, hot chocolate, and tea. I used a cast iron skillet to make pancakes and eggs. They were very crispy and buttery. We also had grape juice and we drank all of it. Sammy and our mom came out to eat around 8:00 am. Copper came out too and he stole the butter. Fortunately, we were done cooking. We stayed out until 11:00 am, then came home (we drove the gator). In the evening, we went back out and rearranged the beds (girls' turn for the big tent). We came back to the house to eat dessert, then went out to our camp. We had had supper at home already. We made a little fire and sat around talking. Our parents came out for a little bit. Then.....we went to bed. Copper stayed out with us all night. He was so excited to spend the whole night in the pasture. He did a lot of barking. In the morning, we got up at 6:00 am again and ate almost the exact same breakfast. Except for grape juice. It was pretty fun, especially cooking breakfast in the morning, but now everyone is grumpy from not enough sleep.....
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