It's been a long time since we've done a family camp out and we've all been thinking more about it this year. A few months ago, Cari and I sat down and found a campground at Table Rock State Park in South Carolina and booked our trip. This past weekend was that trip.
If you read this blog very often, you may have noticed that I go backpacking a few times a year. Camping is similar but not the same.
In camping you have a much bigger tent:
In camping you have electricity for a coffee pot:
In camping you have running water and bathrooms. (not pictured)
One thing that I don't camp with in either case is a television. Brenna wanted to bring one but we told her that you don't have TV's when you camp. After convincing her of that, I was glad she didn't notice the RV a few spots down that had a TV on the table.
We did all the expected family camping activities like camp fire stories, s'mores, hiking, and cooking on a fire. During part of our story time we played the game where you tell just a few lines of a story and then let the next person tell the next few lines and keep that going to see where the story ends up. Somehow all of our stories involved a main character with only one eye and that character always ended up at an ice cream shop. Not very scary stories when someone is always eating ice cream.
While we did have a great time, we were all ready to get home, have a real shower, and sleep in our own beds. I'll give the kids until Christmas and then we'll start planning our next camping trip.
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