Camping with kids
Aug. 27th, 2017 04:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
talyenThis year, another camping trip, this time to Lake Charlevoix, which Siri cannot pronounce. Love living in Michigan which makes the rest of Michigan so much more accessible. Stupid to write, but so happy it's true.
We did all the usual fun stuff, using gear I purchased while employed, and had a great time. Didn't lose any kids into either Lake Charlevoix nor Lake Michigan, had beautiful weather, and had awesome nearby campers who taught me a new way to build a campfire and taught my oldest kid the beginnings of whittling.
Also went and found Petoskey stones on the lakeshore. Very short hikes and bike rides, lots of marshmallows -- it was great. I am still having trouble dealing with the kids when they are off their meds but that's just the way of things, no matter where we are. We even have a new family story to tell: I didn't put the food bin into the car the first night, so we had to buy groceries the next day because they ate everything except one box of mac and cheese, one box of GF graham crackers (yay!) and 4 bars of chocolate they couldn't open.
The slides in the campground and at the beaches, made of metal, are the same ones I remember from when we camped there when I was a kid. Super tall, super solid, built for forever. I'm not saying how old they must be, but another camper estimated they were built in the 60's or even 50's.
Maybe we'll get out for one more camping trip this year. I hope so!
We did all the usual fun stuff, using gear I purchased while employed, and had a great time. Didn't lose any kids into either Lake Charlevoix nor Lake Michigan, had beautiful weather, and had awesome nearby campers who taught me a new way to build a campfire and taught my oldest kid the beginnings of whittling.
Also went and found Petoskey stones on the lakeshore. Very short hikes and bike rides, lots of marshmallows -- it was great. I am still having trouble dealing with the kids when they are off their meds but that's just the way of things, no matter where we are. We even have a new family story to tell: I didn't put the food bin into the car the first night, so we had to buy groceries the next day because they ate everything except one box of mac and cheese, one box of GF graham crackers (yay!) and 4 bars of chocolate they couldn't open.
The slides in the campground and at the beaches, made of metal, are the same ones I remember from when we camped there when I was a kid. Super tall, super solid, built for forever. I'm not saying how old they must be, but another camper estimated they were built in the 60's or even 50's.
Maybe we'll get out for one more camping trip this year. I hope so!
