Van Damme 11'

Every year the Costellos/Carrolls (AKA Cartello’s) gets together for a camping trip at Van Damme in the most charming town of Mendocino. This year there were about 30 friends and family members of the Cartello’s who attended. We rented the ‘Group’ campsite to accommodate such a large group.

Not only were we camping, we were also celebrating the 30th birthday of my sister in-law and friend, Becky! It was a great celebration that included champagne, chocolate covered strawberries and gifts! It was a good time!

On this trip, some of the guys went abalone diving in the ocean. The campground is literally right across the street from the ocean. The men return with the abalone and prepare it for dinner the next night!

While some of the men are abalone diving, the rest of us spend some of the day on the beach.

This was little man’s (aka baby Andrew’s) first camping trip! He was such a trooper and seemed to really enjoy the camping environment.

It was a great camping trip and we're always looking forward to next year!!

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