Camping

Jake's cub scout pack had family camp in October. We had the choice of going one of three weekends offered. I was really dragging my feet to decide which weekend, if any we would go. Not that I didn't want to camp, but rather it was only one night so the the thought of packing all our gear for ONE night seemed a little ridiculous. Okay and yes I was a little worried about poisonous creepy crawlies and snakes. Jake wasn't thrilled with the whole camping in snake country (wonder why), but he was excited to do the archery and BB shooting that was offered at the camp. We picked a weekend and started talking it up to both the boys. Kyle was beyond excited. He told us he was going to make a shelter in the woods to sleep in. He helped me get the tent out and set up to make sure it was clean. He searched for every possible flashlight in our house, checked to make sure they worked, packed his backpack with enthusiasm and counted down the days until our big (one night) camping trip. This was actually Kyle's first ever camping trip so he had every right to be excited.

As we were getting our gear packed the night before we left, Kyle asked Dad, "Are you bringing your gun in case we see any wild pigs?" Mel said, "No Kyle. I'm not worried about wild pigs." Kyle replied quite shocked, "You mean you don't care if a wild pig just eats your whole family?!"

We ended up having a good time and a good experience- no snakes, no spiders, no wild pigs, but we did have an armadillo run through our camp while we were sitting around the fire.