Six families went, six families came back.
We didn't take very many pictures, but (or maybe because) we had a great time. Or I was busy.
I set up and/or assisted in setting up six out of seven tents. Prepared for, lit and tended our fires. Cooked our dinner.
Like I mentioned in another post, the paper like bark from what I thought was a eucalyptus tree made a fantastic tinder bundle. And my lesson from this outing: mango is an awesome firewood. Lesson learned in previous family camping trips: bring an extra tent (small 2 person) and use it as a storage "shed" to keep little critters, up to pig size out of your food and gear dry.
Here is a crude panorama of where we were at.
Just hanging out. Hurry up and get set up so we can start playing. Oh wait, I forget, we can play! The grown ups have to set up camp.
Is the food here?
We had salad, hot dogs (kids just love cooking them on the fire with a stick!), steak done "caveman" style, salmon, rice, s'mores and tea.
The kids had a blast. The got a hike to the lake, run around time, an early evening walk, they used one of the families inflatable mattress as a jumpy toy, looked at stars, got stories from story stations at various tents. Man, I am pooped thinking about all the stuff they did.
We had a great time. The kids all played til they dropped. Then the adults got to sit around the campfire and relax and talk until we all headed off to dreamland close to midnight.
We didn't take very many pictures, but (or maybe because) we had a great time. Or I was busy.
I set up and/or assisted in setting up six out of seven tents. Prepared for, lit and tended our fires. Cooked our dinner.
Like I mentioned in another post, the paper like bark from what I thought was a eucalyptus tree made a fantastic tinder bundle. And my lesson from this outing: mango is an awesome firewood. Lesson learned in previous family camping trips: bring an extra tent (small 2 person) and use it as a storage "shed" to keep little critters, up to pig size out of your food and gear dry.
Here is a crude panorama of where we were at.
Just hanging out. Hurry up and get set up so we can start playing. Oh wait, I forget, we can play! The grown ups have to set up camp.
Is the food here?
We had salad, hot dogs (kids just love cooking them on the fire with a stick!), steak done "caveman" style, salmon, rice, s'mores and tea.
The kids had a blast. The got a hike to the lake, run around time, an early evening walk, they used one of the families inflatable mattress as a jumpy toy, looked at stars, got stories from story stations at various tents. Man, I am pooped thinking about all the stuff they did.
We had a great time. The kids all played til they dropped. Then the adults got to sit around the campfire and relax and talk until we all headed off to dreamland close to midnight.
