I’m going to keep this post short and sweet.

We survived! I have to give C credit he embraced every second of camping or he hid it extremely well if he didn’t. Actually we all did – C, the boys, myself and our friends. C seemed to enjoy everything from putting up the tent to lighting the fire (he may have required some extra help for this bit) but he was a trooper. My eldest son D was trying to light the fire by rubbing two sticks together – he kicks it old school!

We went fishing and the boys loved it (it was their first time). They got to watch me thread the worm onto the hook and then helped them cast it. Unfortunately we didn’t catch anything but they learnt so much about nature and the fascination in their eyes was great. K (the youngest) is definitely more of a nature child then D but it was a learning experience for us all. They went and found marshmallow sticks, the good ones that you can toast two at once. They were delicious – the marshmallows not the sticks!

                  

The view was amazing and the air was fresh. The strange but rather liberating thing was that there was no phone signal where we were so that meant no texting, calls, Facebook, twitter, blogging, etc. It was quite nice for two days not to have the distraction but I think I would go a little stir crazy if I had to do it for much longer than that.

The boys enjoyed using their glow sticks (that were for safety reasons) pffft they were, but they had so much fun with them so that is all that matters. C used his self-inflating mattress and actually slept in the tent all night! It was amazing to see that he wasn’t in the car when I woke in the morning.

So that pretty much sums it up. It was a lot of fun and we will definitely be doing it again at some stage down the track!