I haven't blogged in awhile but it's about time to do another update. We are looking forward to our summer as we adventure out into the wild. We started our camping experience off this year with a huge success. We went camping in our tent with friends and family at our traditional may long weekend get-a-way. I love that Ray grew up with a traditional spot where friends and family have years of memories. When we moved back it was Ray's determination to start that tradition again. Three years in the making we are slowly gathering more and more people back into going as well as bringing newbies along the way. As word got out to people who missed out, there sounds to be like more coming next year!
Our great news since the may long weekend is that we bought our first tent trailer. YEAH FOR US!! Ray and I both grew up with camping in trailers so it's not new. We love tenting and we love the outdoors but come on people, with little feet running around, the disorganized back of our van trying to find lost cutlery/ food. And we won't even talk about peeing on my bed before the weekend begins, there is much to be said about a tent trailer. Our bed is off limits - you have your own to put sand in if you wish!! There are cupboards to put food and dishes away in that can be relocated at ease. And most importantly there is a roof over our heads if the rain comes and we don't have to get wet. We are looking forward to trying out this new toy this coming weekend. We figured since we have 6 straight nights booked for the summer holidays we should at least try it out for a night or two close by. Learning to hitch it to our van, pulling it, setting up and taking down. What we will need to remember on our long trip, ect.... it's like a real trail run! It's also father's day so where else would Ray rather be??? oh, maybe golfing but that's where he is right now and not really a family thing to do!!
Our first week with the trailer the kids invited their neighbour friends and cousins for a "picnic" in the trailer. Oh the joys of five children and two adults crammed into a trailer for lunch parked in the driveway only 10 steps away to a comfortable dinning room table. Want to join us next time??? just kidding. The kids loved it. They loved it even more when we had company last weekend and the trailer acted as the "guest" room. That was a hoot. not only was it a guest room it was our family who was sleeping out there. Since the kids are too little to sleep out there by themselves, our guests had the whole house to themselves!! It was fun and we didn't mind. So we are no longer hard core campers of the past (h-core) as some call it. We are not 3 star campers. Can't say we moved up to 5 star as Grandma and Grandpa are camping with us and they have the works including the microwave...... on that note really, what do you call those crazy campers that have everything ???? can't say it's really camping then can you?? They're the ones that make me think of my friend... I have to quote my friend the non-camper whose response to me when I asked her to camp with us was...
why? I pay a mortgage. I have everything I need under my roof. Why would I choose to do that???
BECAUSE WE LOVE THE OUTDOORS AND SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO GET AWAY FROM ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY STUFF!!!
Our great news since the may long weekend is that we bought our first tent trailer. YEAH FOR US!! Ray and I both grew up with camping in trailers so it's not new. We love tenting and we love the outdoors but come on people, with little feet running around, the disorganized back of our van trying to find lost cutlery/ food. And we won't even talk about peeing on my bed before the weekend begins, there is much to be said about a tent trailer. Our bed is off limits - you have your own to put sand in if you wish!! There are cupboards to put food and dishes away in that can be relocated at ease. And most importantly there is a roof over our heads if the rain comes and we don't have to get wet. We are looking forward to trying out this new toy this coming weekend. We figured since we have 6 straight nights booked for the summer holidays we should at least try it out for a night or two close by. Learning to hitch it to our van, pulling it, setting up and taking down. What we will need to remember on our long trip, ect.... it's like a real trail run! It's also father's day so where else would Ray rather be??? oh, maybe golfing but that's where he is right now and not really a family thing to do!!
Our first week with the trailer the kids invited their neighbour friends and cousins for a "picnic" in the trailer. Oh the joys of five children and two adults crammed into a trailer for lunch parked in the driveway only 10 steps away to a comfortable dinning room table. Want to join us next time??? just kidding. The kids loved it. They loved it even more when we had company last weekend and the trailer acted as the "guest" room. That was a hoot. not only was it a guest room it was our family who was sleeping out there. Since the kids are too little to sleep out there by themselves, our guests had the whole house to themselves!! It was fun and we didn't mind. So we are no longer hard core campers of the past (h-core) as some call it. We are not 3 star campers. Can't say we moved up to 5 star as Grandma and Grandpa are camping with us and they have the works including the microwave...... on that note really, what do you call those crazy campers that have everything ???? can't say it's really camping then can you?? They're the ones that make me think of my friend... I have to quote my friend the non-camper whose response to me when I asked her to camp with us was...
why? I pay a mortgage. I have everything I need under my roof. Why would I choose to do that???
BECAUSE WE LOVE THE OUTDOORS AND SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO GET AWAY FROM ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY STUFF!!!
