Thursday, August 29, 2013

KOA Santa Margarita

We met our Carlsbad friends, the Laytons, in Santa Margarita last weekend for a little camping.

It works out, cause everyone has a buddy:
Sally and Jacob.

Drew and Dax.

Owen and Gavin.
(kelli pic)

and Reed and August.

This was our first KOA experience and it was a good one.

Our site was on it's own little level (so felt private) and was right across from the jumping pillow.




We split up meal duty and ended up eating better than we normally do at home.

Saturday, we took advantage of all KOA's activities and amenities.
(kelli pic)

 Indian survival skills demo.
(kelli pic (i was on baby nap duty))

The pool.



The snack shack for ice cream.


The favorite: water balloon volleyball.



The playground.

Another favorite: the jumping pillow.




And a hayride.




The view at the top was pretty awesome.



All this, and the fact that the kids were just so happy to be together, made up for:
the heat
the flies
the bees
the filth
the long walk to the bathrooms
and the lack of sleep.



 Until next year!

7 comments:

Rachel said...

I like lots of things about this post. August's tooth and tiger shirt, and his buddy. And August grabbing Justin's face. And all the activities. And I wish I was there..

Jaime said...

When I was a child we went to a lot of KOA campgrounds but I don't remember quite so many activities. Looks fun!

brentanderrin said...

1. August looks SO big and grown up in these pictures! 2. This looks like SO much fun!!

The Watkins said...

That looks like more fun than any camping trip I've ever been on.

The Watkins said...

And I love Sally and Jacob and that Owen and GAvin always seem to have their arms on each other's shoulders! Cute little friends.

rdelight said...

I want to go here! How fun is the ground-jumping-bubble? It looks a blast. It makes me miss those Layton boys... :)

rdelight said...

I want to go here! It looks like so much fun! And it makes me miss those Layton boys... :)