Once More Into the Tent

I took some time off last week so we could take our last camping trip of the summer, to Kings Canyon. We had a great time.

I think we've set the stage for more family camping adventures in the years to come. We took some good (1-2 mile) hikes and saw deer, fish, and bats (!). We saw 2000-year-old Sequoia trees. The kids and I "went fishing" - translated, that means "Claire and Cam played in the mud while I cast their rods into the river occasionally." Around the camp, the kids helped build campfires, ate roasted marshmallows, gathered sticks, acorns, and bird feathers (some with bits of bird still attached - gross!) and used the hammock as a big double-wide uberswing.

But best of all, both kids were very well behaved on the five hour drive to and from camp. And that made it a very good trip indeed.