Worst Camping Trip Ever!

So it's been a few days since THE worst camping trip ever occurred but I have needed this time to recoup and get my thoughts together... do you wanna know what made it the worst camping trip ever??? Well, I'll tell you the story and then you can decide what the worst part was...

When: Friday, 5/15 thru Sunday, 5/17

Where: Possum Kingdom, 2.5 hours from home

Who: 4 families from our Sunday School class

What: 4 tents

Specifics: We knew prior to this trip that it was going to rain a little and we were okay with that


2pm - Tom and Donal leave town for the campsite

6:45pm - Amy, Moni and 4 kids leave town for the campsite (kids include an 11 year old, twin 8 year olds, a 1 year old, and a dog)

9pm - Amy, Monica and kids arrive at the campsite

9:15pm - cook our hamburgers

9:25pm - eat our hamburgers

10:30pm - take an evening stroll with group

10:35pm - notice lightning far, far away in the dark sky

12am - go to bed, try to relax and get to sleep before the storm hits

1:30am - rudely awakened by our tent collapsing on us from 40+ mph winds

1:45am - run for 'cover' in the expedition with the 4 kids and the dog

2am - watch the guys from all 4 families scrambling to get the necessities from the tents

2:05am - watch as 3 of the 4 tents are broken and flattened

2:15am - 1 year old is not sleepy

2:30am - the rain and lightning hit hard

3am - beginning to realize that we'll probably be staying in the car for a while

3:01am - realizing that all of the blankets and pillows have been thrown in the other car

3:30am - the rain has died down a bit

3:45am - 1 year old is still not sleepy

4am - still sitting in the car, watching Donal try to set our tent back up

4:10am - 1 year old is taken by her daddy to the other car to see if she'll sleep

4:15am - pull my knees to my chest, rest my head on the 1 year old's carseat, close my eyes

4:30am - wake up, crick in my neck, adjust, close my eyes

4:45am - wake up, crick in my neck, adjust, close my eyes

5am - wake up, crick in my neck, adjust, close my eyes

5:15am - wake up, Donal is knocking on the car window... he'd been sleeping in the tent UNDER the air mattress, close my eyes

5:30am - wake up, crick in my neck, adjust, close my eyes

(you get the idea... every 15 min until...)

6:30am - wake up, IT'S LIGHT OUTSIDE!!!

6:45am - all 4 families emerge from their vehicles to examine the wreckage

6:46am - the Four-Seasons-hotel-of-a-tent still stands strong!

6:47am - start loading the rest of our belongings in our cars

8am - put our broken and ripped tent in the dumpster

8:45am - bathroom break

9am - drive home

1:30pm - arrive at home, don't unpack the car, too anxious to finally get some sleep

1:31pm - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

9pm - wake up, I'M HUNGRY!

10pm - I'M SLEEPY! go to bed

7:30am - wake up, get ready for church

9:15am - walk into Sunday School and surprise everyone! WE'RE BACK EARLY!

So... in your opinion, what made this the worst camping trip ever??? Having experienced it all firsthand, I feel the worst part was sleeping without a blanket and having to use a carseat as a pillow. I believe its truly needless to say that if another camping trip is planned and there happens to be the slightest chance of rain, and I mean THE slightest chance, we will NOT be going!!

Sorry, no fun pictures from this trip to share...