Yesterday Simeon, Ana and I returned from a week long camping trip at Cove Palisades State Park. Simeon and I have talked about it a bunch and decided we don’t want Ana to grow up being all prissy. We want her to be comfortable in the woods and not be afraid to get dirty. So get dirty we did.
We played in the dirt, splashed in the lake, and took Ana on her first boat ride. It was great to get out of town and enjoy the outdoors. I always forget how beautiful the stars can be away from the lights of the city. Not to mention the sounds of nature. Well, except those owls hooting at 2am. That I could live without.
Sure it can be nice having doors that don’t zip shut or not storing your food in melting ice, but on the other hand I didn’t think twice about the layer of dirt on my feet or the fact that I didn’t brush my hair for a couple days. I want my daughter to have a variety of experiences in life and now we can add camping to that list.
Thankfully my mother along with my niece and nephews, Emmitt, Emily and Hayden were there to help out with our camping experience. We all had a great time and you can see all of our camping pictures here. Enjoy!
I think that life jacket is eating your daughter! I’m not a camping person myself so I can’t actually say it sounds like fun, but it definitely looks like you had a good time!
I was thinking the exact same thing about the life jacket! I’m glad you still had it on her of course though. 😉 It looks like you guys had a ton of fun. I LOVE camping. And if you want to see the stars again, come have a sleepover at my house! We can sit in the hot tub and gaze at the stars. 🙂 We’re just enough out of the big city that you can see them really well.