I will remember… His thousands of questions on the ride up, how he asked to “see the d’rekshuns” over and over, and used the tourist map to guide us home… The way neighboring campers treat you as… well, neighbors… How people smile when they see little kids camping… The mushrooms we watched growing day-by-day next […]
Picture Books About Camping with Kids
Reading picture books about camping really helps us get into the camping mood. After a year off to have a baby, this summer found us reacquainting ourselves with our gear. This summer’s camping adventures weren’t always pretty, but we did have quite a bit of fun! Picture Books About Camping! Here’s a few of our favorite […]
Meet the happiest little campers… (plus tips for camp clothing for kids)
So we love camping. The tent-camping kind with dirt, and firewood, and trees, and real fire, and marshmallows all gooey till you wonder why did we think S’mores was a good idea anyway? (I confess to a secret longing for a pop-up camper so I can have a “ready-to-go” homeplace everywhere we travel)! But that’s […]
Recipe for happy road trippers
Ours has been a summer of road trips and day trips… camping trips and family visits. You’d think I’d have this packing thing down to a science. Checklists? Yes, in spades. Forgetting things. Also, yes! Now that the baby is older, we’re being more spontaneous. We might decide to take off for a park picnic […]
