| Be Out There 4 days ago by rcohen We’ve started the s’more roasting in Virginia. With last week’s temperatures in the 40s and feeling like December, my kids and I welcomed a beautiful fall Wednesday evening this week by walking the dog, watching bats at dusk, collecting kindling for the fire and then roasting a s’more. “Look up!” sa ... Rebecca Plants - rebeccaplants.com/wordpress | | First Camping Trip 53 days ago by rcohen Expensive family vacations were not on the agenda for us this Summer, so when we were asked by some neighbors to camp with them by a nearby lake for the Fourth of July, the adventure sounded like a great idea. At this time last year, my husband and our two young boys visited Mount Rushmore and Badla ... Rebecca Plants - rebeccaplants.com/wordpress | | Labor Day 63 days ago by jomegat I slept in the backyard in one of the new tents last night with Beth. She went to sleep around 9:00 or so, and I went to sleep around 9:30. That’s pretty early for me, so to make up for it I woke up pretty early. Like 4:00am. I couldn’t get back to sleep, and the biggest part of that tragedy was tha ... Jomegat's Weblog - jomegat.wordpress.com · Rank: 96,582 · 5 references | | First Pathfinder Meeting 64 days ago by jomegat Today was the first Pathfinder meeting of the year. I wasn’t as prepared as I had hoped to be, but everything still worked out pretty OK. The problem was that I had forgotten how Jonathan had rescheduled a hike. For one of the classes he is taking, he has to organize four group activities that are p ... Jomegat's Weblog - jomegat.wordpress.com · Rank: 96,582 · 5 references | | Ready to Camp 65 days ago by jomegat A while back I promised Beth we could camp in the backyard some night. Well, it looks like tonight is that night, so we got out a tent and pitched it: Beth pitching the tent Tonight is the first Pathfinder meeting of the year (2009-2010), so I won’t get home until it’s dark. That’s why we pitched th ... Jomegat's Weblog - jomegat.wordpress.com · Rank: 96,582 · 5 references | | Makes My Monday 113 days ago by Nancy Cheryl over at Twinfatuation is awfully busy hosting all these great things… I don’t know how often I’ll do this one, but I figured I’d at least play along today A successful back yard camping trip with Daddy for Burke and Maggie makes my Monday! Burke Maggie (There was an unsuccessful trip about a ... The Zimmer Zoo - zimmerzoo.wordpress.com · Rank: 19,924 · 22 references | | Backyard Camping! 129 days ago by danaedwards Last night, Brennan and I had a little adventure in the backyard! As a reward for finishing camp, Brennan and I did a little backyard camping. This was a super exciting time for him and this morning he was begging to sleep outside again. From the time we went to buy his sleeping bag at Bass Pro Shop ... Dana Edwards' Blog - danaedwards.com · 1 reference | |