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Family Camping Trip
June 27, 2010 18:05
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Tags: camping boy scouts girl scouts vacation
We went on our first all-family camping trip this weekend, to New Harmonie State Park. Adam’s Cub Scout Pack was having a campout there, and so we all went along. I would call it a successful trip, though of course, camping is not an unmixed blessing.

Pros: No electronic distractions (Mike didn’t touch a phone to his ear all weekend); no laundry; no deadlines; no neighborhood drama; lots of time to relax; a good long swim at a pool; a fun hike through the woods; getting to know a couple of families; funny little-boy skits around the campfire; s’mores; Friday night’s dinner; hammock; realizing once again, by comparison, how freaking great my husband and kids are.

Cons: Pit toilets; lack of shade at the pool; the heat; the feeling when you haven’t showered for two days and are covered in bug spray, sunscreen, and sweat; air mattresses deflating; occasional bad behavior from kids; Saturday night’s dinner; the heat; Pack drama; biting bugs; no electronic distractions; the heat.

All in all, I think it was a good learning experience for our kids – and for me! – and I’m sure we’ll do it again. We learned some things this go ‘round that will make the next time even more pleasant, and I think I might’ve found the right location for my own troop’s first tent camping attempt.
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