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Aslan Christian School
May. 5, 2008
Camping For Dummies
Let me preface this by saying that I am not a Nature-y kinda girl. I like a scenic view and beautiful sunsets, but could do without creepy crawlies and the constant threat of no convenient bathroom facilities. I apparently went camping once at age 5, but don't really remember it at all, and I have never tried sleeping in the Great Outdoors ever again.
And then I had boys. Boys who like being outside, playing in mud and dirt, climbing trees, skipping rocks.
Which led directly to camping. I decided to try camping for two reasons -- 1. I thought the boys would like it; and 2. I figured that if I learned to camp, we could do a little more traveling on short 2- or 3- day trips.
So we bought a tent and air mattresses and a little camp stove and about lots of bug spray, and headed out to the Great Outdoors last weekend, as part of our church's annual family camping trip.
To my great surprise, I kinda liked it.
Camping wouldn't replace a weekend at a nice hotel with air conditioning, but it was better than I thought it would be. Still a lot of creepy crawlies, but none in my tent -- always a plus. We ate S'mores around a campfire, took the boys geocaching in the woods, fished in the river (caught nothing), fished Calvin out of the river after he fell in, and burned our breakfast on the camp stove.
I have no pictures of our momentous camping trip since we lost track of the camera 10 minutes into the trip and didn't find it again until we left. I'm amazed at how much equipment and supplies we needed for 24 hours. I'm also amazed at the huge amount of laundry we accumulated. |
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Posted by Anonymous 
May. 5, 2008 - Glad you had fun!