KampKrug

"Uh, mom, my shorts are getting a little warm. But I think my marshmallow is done." (Not really, but we were just laughing about this picture and Sam's face seems to be saying this! It's one of his favorites from the trip.)

Every camping trip I look forward to with relish until the day of packup, then it suddenly seems very ill-advised to go in the midst of the projects underway at the time (pool fence, work, etc.). But once the tent is up and we’re all having a great time chillaxin in our little “clubhouse” as Ben calls it, I am very thankful that I geared up and went. This time it was a getaway timed with a day off of school for Sam. Dave couldn’t take off work, but we’re pretty comfortable with the drill (have you noticed that Dave often seems to have to work for camping trips? He’s not a big centipede guy, but they haven’t been out the last couple trips.) We had a really great time, despite Ben’s first bee sting (bee was hiding in the sand – never seen that before) and we managed to blow our truck battery listening to Bruce while packing up (I found a retired tank mechanic to jump start our truck – how lucky was that?!). And finally – the bird portion – wait ’til you see that picture (the last picture in the camping album). One of the strangest things I’ve ever seen! Enjoy the stories which accompany the pictures – Sam just went through them with me and it was fun sharing laughs together remembering. As he went back to sit and build some more Lego stuff he said “Mooom? When are we going camping again?” “I don’t know – want to go in Oct for your next break?” “Yeah. But next time I want to go for THREE nights.”