We bought tents about 3 years ago. They have been packed away in the garage, and today I pulled them out. I set them up on the front lawn to air them out and to make sure that we still had all of the pieces to them. Well, we do need a few extra pieces and a repair kit before we do any real deep woods camping. But now I have them in an air tight container ready to roll and we know what needs to be done to them to get them up to par.
We chose dome tents, for ease of set up. My husband had always done the setting up before. Hmmm, well until today, when I had the task of setting all three of them up by myself. I figured it out, and was able to do it with a little help from the kids. Actually, I was glad they helped me out… this taught all of us, how to do it. Kind of like a trial run.
My youngest two, kept running in and out of them excited about the mere idea of camping. My 4 year old wanted to sleep in them tonight, he didn’t care that they were on the front lawn. But before the sun set and the dew settled, I packed them back up. Knowing a camping trip would be in the near future, my son even helped us pack them up. Ah! I was so proud of him.
Even though we didn’t go camping today, it did renew my hope to do so also. I always loved camping, and it brought back peaceful memories of childhood. A sense of adventure and nature. Now we can’t go camping soon enough. I cannot wait, even if it will probably only be in the backyard on a weekend for this summer.
I would love to hear from you, about your memories of camping and adventures. Until next time I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful fulfilling summer!
