YMCA put on a fabulous camping trip for families with children that have autism or down syndrome. We left Friday evening and came home early on Saturday evening. Friday night was fun trying to get settled in. We bunked with the Molencupps. Our cabin had 16 beds!! I felt like a little kid again. The boys thought it was so cool. Randy was too tall so his feet hung off the end a little. Poor Randy:) Cameron slept on the top since there were rails so he wouldn’t fall off. I say slept, but he didn’t get much sleep. I had to lay with him. Man he moves around too much. I think the new environment got to him.

But Saturday was still a blast. We went on a boat ride that Cameron did not like at all on the way to the island. I felt bad for everyone else. Cameron was scared. But as soon as he knew we were getting off he became very happy. We hiked up this little island. Saw lots of Cacti. Then we took the boat ride back. Luckily Cameron was ok with it. The picture of the house/cabin with the Texas flag painted on it is supposedly Mily Cyrus’s place. That’s what the guide told us. Who knows. I took a pic though!

We shot a few rifles too. Ricky has done this before at cub scout camp. Michael hasn’t shot a rifle yet. He loved it. He did pretty good too. Cameron wanted to try too, so Randy helped him out. It was hilarious when he shot it. He instantly took off the glasses and ear plugs and walked away. It was the cutest thing. I wish I had the camera on the record mode. It was so cute.

We played a lot by the water. The boys loved to try and skip the rocks. It was a lot of fun. Randy, Ricky, and Michael went on a canoe ride. I don’t have any pictures because I took Cameron back to the cabin for some rest time. Randy said the boys had fun though.

We met a lot of fun families. One family just moved here from OK. I can’t wait to get to know her more. He son has Autism. He is 12 and a very fun big boy. His name is Steven, I call him Stevie.

We let the boys play in the beachy sand for a little before we took off to shower. They really liked that. It was cute to see them be creative and make things. Cameron thought it was fun to pick up the wet sand and then throw it. Ricky wasn’t too excited when he fell victim to some landing on him. But it was still fun. Cameron loved it. He and Nick just got right on in and made a mess.

All in all this camping trip was worth every penny we paid for. I know we all loved it. The YMCA really did a good job.