We stayed for two long days in the wilderness, cooked over an open fire, and walked a few yards to the communal bathrooms. I'll admit that the outdoors was more pleasant than I thought it would be and it wasn't the least bit scary. We tried to give the girls a 'real' rustic camp experience despite the comfortable quarters.
It took us some time to understand what the heck we were supposed to do out there along the banks of the river so when we saw other campers hurling rocks into the river, we decided to do the same. Turns out, hurling rocks is fun.
Even though Jon and I told the girls not to get wet, Alex proceeded to pull up her pant legs and walk in anyways. Note to self: the girls have selective hearing in the wilderness too.
We were hoping for sandy beaches and instead got this. Beautiful, but no where near sandy. No matter, the girls still had a great time.
Ranger Eric taught us which plants were edible and which would kill us. After class, I let the girls know that even though we now know that Huckleberries grow on the tops of tree stumps -- because that's where Robins like to poop -- for safety reasons, we should never pick and then eat them. Huckleberries look a lot like other berries and we don't want to eat the wrong plant. Blackberries, good; everything else, bad. I certainly hope they didn't have selective hearing during this conversation.
We brought along Alex's bug kit and it certainly came in handy.
Water bugs are just as creepy up close as they are flitting around in the water.
I'm guessing we were the only ones out there toasting bagels over the fire.
We didn't need the bug kit for this guy.
Wow Maya, you're pictures tell the story so well. Looks like a good weekend was had by all. I'm so glad.
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