Camping on Mother's Day weekend

This was our first campout of the year and we knew we found a good place to camp when we had to drive through 2 feet of water across a rocky stream to get to the campsite! We setup our borrowed tent promptly and when we finished I noticed that the tent cover didn't stick out over the door like it should, it just hung there about halfway down the front door. I figured out that we were missing a part but didn't worry too much as it looked good enough to sleep in! We roasted fancy chicken apple sausages and had s'mores afterwards and topped it off with juicy juice. What a great night! We cozied up in the tent and were telling stories to each other as we started to hear a thunderstorm quickly approaching us. Within minutes it was dropping buckets on our humble tent and it wasn't long before I had wished I had that extra part to hold the tent cover out over the door. A small river started to form at the front door and that river spread quickly through the tent soaking our sleeping bags. I had no choice but to pack up the boys in the back of the SUV and try to sleep there for the night. As soon as I stepped outside I noticed that not only was it raining but small 1/3" pieces of hail were gathering on the ground around us! Could it get any worse. By the time I got the boys in the car and everything situated I was soaked and exhausted. I probably got about a total of an hour of sleep that night but all my troubles were forgotten when Grant sat up at about 6:00am and exclaimed "What a great nap!" We had breakfast a short time later and then hiked to a great set of waterfalls. Upon arrrival to the falls Grant exclaimed, "That's what I'm talking about!" (we were watching the falls where this picture was taken. Yes I look tired because I was!) After we spent the morning hiking we played soccer while our tent and sleeping bags dried out in the sun. After a short lunch I loaded the boys up and we drove back though the now 2 1/2 foot stream. After we forded the stream a few extra times for fun the boys fell asleep and I watched them in my rearview mirror as they clutched their sippy cups all the way home. Good times!