Sunday, April 22, 2012

Squeaker's First Camping Trip

Squeaker went on her first camping trip this weekend. Don't worry, it was camping, not backpacking, so the Daddy person only made her carry her clothes and blanket to our campsite.  We had been talked earlier in the week how she should remind herself, before we got there that she wouldn't have anything to worry about, because Daddy and his friends knew what they were doing.

I can report that Squeaker had a very good time. We made camp and hiked up to the lodge to look at the view, along the way we saw some very tame wildlife.  (we discovered the next morning that they slept about 200 yards from our campsite).  After that short hike we made dinner.  Burgers for squeaker, green curry couscous for the Daddy person.

And after that?  S'mores of course!  Once she came off the sugar we went to bed (it had gotten cold, so the Daddy person had to abandon his thoughts of reading by the campfire).  She got to hear stories about my first night camping, and before I knew it we were both asleep.  We had an old style flashlight on for a night light.  It burned out about halfway through the night.  She woke up and asked about it and took the news with a "that's ok." and rolled over and went back to sleep.  The next morning we had banana pancakes (the Daddy person brought oatmeal, but left it in the box) and after we cleaned up camp, we went and met some of the local raptors.

She had a great time and looking forward to going back again.  So is the Daddy person.  Have a good week.