We went camping this weekend. We were surprised to realize that this was Molly's first camping trip. We went with some friends from our ward who knew of a great spot not far from home. We set up camp around 3:00 pm then went on a hike. Molly finally likes (tolerates) her back pack.
Here we are resting before we hit the stairs!
143 Steps to the top.
This tower is still in use as a fire lookout. The gentleman working that day was almost as old as the building itself, and was on his 24th summer of manning the post. He was a typical "Forest Service" guy who looked like he could play Santa in his off season.
Molly didn't like the wind too much.
Molly did really well. Here she is exploring our camp site. She loved climbing on the "huge" rocks, and jumping (stepping) off. She also loved her Molly-sized mummy bag and slept well despite the cold. She did end up in our sleeping bag 1/2 way through the night.
My girls!
Molly also loved throwing rocks in the little stream by our camp site.
4 comments:
Looks like so much fun. We wanted to go camping this spring but it never happened... now we'll have to wait till October. Molly is at a fun age to explore... I'm sure it was fun to take her on her first camping trip. And, wow, that 143 steps to the top... impressive Elisha, but you probably thought it was no big deal...you were jogging it, right?
That looks like fun. You have a Molly-sized sleeping bag? That's so cute!
Looks fun. We are supposed to go camping tomorrow with some friends, but we don't have a tent yet, and the forecast calls for thunder showers Friday night and Saturday morning, so we're still debating. We asked Annie if we should go because it might rain and she said, "Well, it might NOT rain, and if it does, we can just grab our umbrella." Truth is, if it does rain hard, we'ed only be 25 minutes from home.
it's good to know someone takes their child camping. Matt and I have been talking over the possibilities, wondering if Mia could sleep in a tent. we'll see if it ever happens.
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