Camping

Success! We had our first camping trip since kids! I was always nervous that Lorna and then Kai would have a rough night and keep the whole campground up. We traded in our backpacking tent for a six person tent that allowed even Will to stand up. We slept with 2 adults, 3 kids and two dogs just fine. For our first foray, we just went up to Golden Gate Canyon State Park about a 45 minute drive with our friends Brian and Kate and their two kids Nora and Clare.

Camping is the perfect trip to do with kids. They can get dirty; there are few reasons to say ‘don’t touch’; and we all really have to work together as a team.

Lucy was definitely challenged by the dirt and the nature all around, but again, bit by bit she is moving away from the concrete world she knew for her first three years. And with evening marshmallows on a stick, the experience will always be worth it for her and all.