Recap: "Bates Gone Wild"

Tonight on Bringing Up Bates, "Bates Gone Wild"...

• Zach and Lawson take Tori and Carlin out for a driving lesson. "I'm scared to ride with them, so I put it off on Zach," admits Kelly. There is a lot of yelling and teasing as the girls cruise through the hills of Eastern Tennessee, but it's all in fun.
• "Carlin, she's slightly over confident," says Lawson. "The confidence is way ahead of the skill right now." Tori is more cautious. Both girls passed their driving tests.
• "This family lacks good drivers," says Lawson.
• The Bates (minus a few of the older kids) prepare for a camping trip with other families from their church. Kelly gets all the kids involved in packing. It takes longer than it would have if she and the older kids had done everything, but the goal is to teach the younger kids a skill, not to complete the task as quickly as possible.
• Kelly encourages the kids to keep all the camping supplies organized. "Mommy gets stressed without organization," she says.
• Just as everyone is about to leave for the trip, Jeb puts a rock up his nose. Kelly sits him down and tells him to blow out. She is then able to use her finger to retrieve the rock.
• "I don't know why kids put things in their noses," says Gil. "But for some reason, it's a favorite pastime."
• Tori is allowed to drive the van on the camping trip, but as she is pulling out of the driveway, she hits the trailer. Lawson says the family has not let her live it down. "We're tough on cars," admits Zach.
• When the Bates arrive at the campsite, they realize they left a few tents behind, so they have to get creative with sleeping arrangements.
• All the families gather around the campfire, and Gil, who is a phenomenal artist, does a chalk drawing. "Chalk art is a great way to communicate a message," he says.
• The Bates are short of blankets and don't end up sleeping well, but they still have smiles on their faces the next morning.
• "Dad snored all night," says Carlin. "He snores like a frog," adds Tori.
• The crew piles into canoes and goes for a trip down the river. Carlin volunteers to watch eight little ones so her mom can go canoeing.
• "I'm not that intimidated because there's only eight," says Carlin, who regularly watches 25 children in the church nursery with only one other person.
• "Carlin has just a love for children and an enthusiasm to make things fun," says Gil.
• "It was scarier than I pictured," Kelly says of canoeing. The canoe that she is in with Gil and Judson ends up flipping over.
• At lunchtime, the crew realizes that they don't have charcoal, so they resort to using wood, which is a much slower process.
• "My dad is not the best cook," says Katie, as she chows down on a burnt burger.
• As the Bates pack up and leave the campsite, everyone talks about how much they enjoyed the experience.
• "It's always a lot of work, but we do it for the kids and for the memories," says Kelly.