Camping, Tried to Atleast!!

We had planned on camping for atleast 3 weeks. Tried going one weekend but turned out we couldnt. So we decided on the next weekend and WE MADE IT HAPPEN. Thurs morning we had all our stuff ready, we were just waiting on our friends to come pick us up. Carol an old friend of my wife, her husband Lee, and there baby girl Carlee. Well we get a call and they say there suv wont start, well thats nice! So we pack our stuff up into the van and head over there, things are running through my head, wondering what it is, i was thinking it would either be the battery, starter or alternator. Keep in mind i am not a mechanic. But we get to there house and i try starting it. Well the door buzzer works, lights work, i figured, ok not the batt. It trys to turn over but it dont, made wierd noise, so i figured it was the starter. Try jumping it to make sure but after 5-10 minutes it still wasnt. To shorten this, we had the cables on wrong, they didnt make a good connection. It was the battery. So after an hour and a new battery we were on our way to camp in Camp Blanding. 35 minutes of driving and we are there. Well turns out they changed there policy, couldnt tell me on the phone when i called a day prior! They dont allow dependents (me) to bring civilians on base anymore, not even for the campground. Well pardon my language, but why the hell cant i get 3 people on when there are about 100 or more boyscouts on the grounds. I was pissed, so we drove to a local gas station and planned our next move. We decided on folkston, a place Lee has been. Of course it is now like a 1hr45min drive or more north into georgia. So we are going to camp, no stopping us. We head north and we turn around and turn around again. Pretty much doing circles because carol is on the phone with her mom finding diff. tent sites to go that are closer, but they werent tent sites, they were pop ups and campers only. We stick to going to folkston but we turn once again, we instead head west to Ocean Ponds, a camping place on a huge lake that many hunters use, for it is a National Forest. We finally get there. We set up all our tents, get stuff situated, then BAM. Here comes the rain. I am able to start cooking when the rain left at like 0 dark thirty. We eat at like 0 dark forty five. Tried getting a fire but thats a negative, everything is soaked, no dry wood.

Next day was better, the 2 kids got to play in the water, us adults got some fishing in, Carol, Ashley and the kids went to walmart to meet Carols mom with some DRY wood, and pick some things up. Mean time me and lee got some more fishing in, but got interupted by a massive wall of rain. Other than all that everything else was pretty peachy, Well except the major amout of water that leaked into both our tents! I have pictures but i am having a problem uploading them, i will try and post them latr today or 2morow.

If this trip sounds fun, lets see if we can do a canoe/camp trip next year, that should be fun!!!