S'More Outdoors Activity

What is wrong with us? Two outdoor trips in as many weeks! Well, this weekend we went camping. Plenty of pictures to prove it for those disbelivers as well. See above. Your mom and I went out and bought brand new camp gear as we didn't own a tent, sleeping bags, or any of the other items that make the outdoors feel more like the indoors. We were convinced you would enjoy camping as much as you enjoyed the ocean. We were also unsure about your dad as he had never really been camping before in his life. Would he enjoy it? What would life be like without an iPod for 3 days?

Well, let us say that camping turned out to be nothing like we expected it to be, yet it was so much more. You see, you did not take to camping like you took to the ocean. No, it took you a day or so to warm up to being outdoors. At first you were like velcro to dad, and you were a little (ok...a lot!)grumpy. But, after some s'mores, a good night of sleep under the stars, and a good breakfast (chorizo and eggs!), you were ready to go! Wait...no you weren't. After breakfast, we tried to take you on your first hike, and about 10 minutes into it, you decided to whine until you shook the mountains. Now granted, it was like a hundred and fifty degrees, so maybe it wasn't the actual hike, but more of the temperature that irked you. But, after lunch, you went on a couple of walks with dad and grandpa and you even went down to the river and threw rocks at the fish and the dogs. Damn, you love the water.

Your dad was a different story. Your dad expected a true outdoors trip. Man vs. nature. But, what he found was much better. You see, nature took a backseat to a more important subject: you. Dad stayed with you, fed you, changed you, and just spent time with you for almost every minute of this camping trip. On the second night, dad told your mom that he was bonding with you more than ever. Your mom, of course, said, "Dad, that's what camping is all about." So, instead of man vs. nature, your dad found "dad loving daughter" to be the point of camping. (Important note: mom still stayed up with you at night...there's some things dad just won't do!)

Having said that, you may have been a little more interested in bonding with grandpa. Grandpa is now only the 2nd person whose arms you have fallen asleep in (Aunt Nicole...or should we say Aunt Nasty was the first). We thought you might hate him after you watched him gut the fish he had caught! But you were cool with it, and as soon as you got home, you went straight for your Grandpa book, "My Grandpa is Great!" cuz you already missed him so much!

So there you have it. Two ways to get your name in this blog. You can either buy Ayjia something cool or you can get her to fall asleep in your arms (without using illegal substances!). Or, you can do both, like Aunt Nasty. Who, by the way, got her name from Ayjia who says "Nasty" the same way she says "Nicole" - "Nacky!"

P.S. By the way, your dad managed to sneak the iPod into the car. So, still no telling what your dad would do when not hooked up to his iPod.