What I LOVE About Camping!

Posted By on October 10, 2011

I spent the weekend camping in Virginia Beach with my family and it was SOOOOOOOOO MUCH FUN!  I know a lot of people do not think camping is fun – but I think it is better than fun – absolutely WONDERFUL.    In fact, it is on my list of FAVORITE THINGS!  Why do I like camping?  The outdoors….the adventure….getting dusty……well, let me tell you about it!

HERE ARE ELEVEN THINGS I LOVE ABOUT CAMPING

#1  I love sleeping in a tent.

Our cozy tent

 

I especially like sleeping in a tent when it is COLD and there are LOTS of blankets – six of us filled this tent with wall-to-wall blankets, stuffed animals, sleeping bags and pillows!   There are PEOPLE SLEEPING in this picture but it was so cold that heads were hidden – tucked under pillows.  🙂

Tent stuffed with fun!

#2  I always have unique scientific experiences while camping

Camping is educational….for example, you can learn firsthand about CONDENSATION…..our tent was covered with it when we woke up in the mornings!

Condensation

 

I am not complaining at all about all of that CONDENSATION because we had lots of creature comforts – like LIGHTS IN OUR TENT! That lantern lit up the entire tent!

All of the comforts of home

 

#3 The Games

We took a BAG of games – like UNO, DOMINOES, BATTLE SHIP, and RING TOSS!

I think ring toss was my favorite.  See that little opening in the tent above the lantern?    We tossed our little LIGHT UP RINGS back and forth across this opening…..WHY?  Because….just because.    It was fun to see those little circles of light flying around the tent.  Grandangels Sarah and Leanna were on one side with me – DD Christi and DSIL Greg with Grandangel Cooper were on the other side.     There were no winners or losers – just flying lit-up rings and lots of laughter!  I can hear the giggles in my mind and heart right now!

One landed on my purse!

#4 The Food ALWAYS TASTES BETTER cooked over a fire

The food was memorable on our camping trip.

I LOVED SIPPING STARBUCKS COFFEE IN THE MORNING WHILE SITTING AROUND A BLAZING FIRE!

Our campsite had electricity!

 

Breakfast was an adventure……we had pancakes, eggs, sausage, cereal, OJ …….and even hotdogs!!  My DDSIL, Greg, made breakfast and it was delightful.  The FIRST PANCAKES are never as pretty as the subsequent ones….:)

My DSIL made the delicious pancakes *they were ACTUALLY GOOD!

One of the RULES of camping is TO HAVE FUN and if you want a HOT DOG FOR BREAKFAST – why not?  Grandangel Sarah did just that!

Sarah had a hot dog for breakfast!

Yummy?

Speaking of food – there is nothing quite so dreamy as a SMORES with a little blackened marshmallow.  YUM

Grandangel Leanna LOVES SMORES

 

#5  The Campfires

I don’t know what my FAVORITE PART of camping is but I sure do like the evening fireside times….can’t you just smell the fresh air and the aroma of burning wood?

Fireside fun

 

#6  Roughing it

I really enjoy imagining what it was like for the early pioneers – they really had to rough it.  No electric coffee pots either.  I actually smiled when I climbed out of my tent and looked at the row of WET SANDY SHOES waiting to be worn!

Cold wet sandy shoes....AH.... LOVE ROUGHING IT

I even wore socks with my Birkenstocks – but I think I was the ONLY one who thought it looked cool!  LOL

Cute? Black socks with my Birkenstocks - anyone can wear running shoes!

#7  I Loved Walking the Trails

There were lots of trails to explore.

I was enamored with the Spanish Moss

Loved the early SIGNS OF AUTUMN

Does anyone else think this is BEAUTIFUL?

 

#8  I LOVE the people who were with me on the trails!

My DD and Grandangels, Sarah, Leanna and Cooper

Cute deer on the trails!

Don't we look like seasoned hikers?

Three happy grandangels!

 

#9 The Beach in VIRGINIA BEACH

Our campsite was  a  one-minute 20-second walk to the beach path! 

The Beach Path

Grandangel Leanna loved hunting for sand crab

Flying a kite was one of the highlight of our two beach days!

We loved flying the kite!

Sand - blue skies - good wind - grandangel = happiness

#10 Sunset

I don’t know what it is about a sunset, but it is simply exhilarating.  I think it is even better AT THE BEACH!

Beautiful sky!

Playing NETLESS Badminton at sunset

#11 Tree Climbing

I love to take photos of the grandangels climbing trees!  They have such wonderful trees at the Virginia Beach Campsite!

Cooper and Leanna in one of the trees

 

HIGH UP IN THE TREE!

 

I wanted to climb those trees – but I didn’t have tree-climbing shoes!  But, I couldn’t fight the urge – so I climbed up on a not so high branch in my trusty Birkenstocks!  It was really fun!

I did climb on a low branch - just couldn't resist! 🙂

 

So there you have it – just a few of the reasons why I love camping!  It is a tradition and I want to repeat this fun at least once a year for my birthday celebration! 

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