We ran into some friends right after school started and Jennifer kept saying, "...when we go backpacking this summer." I kept wondering what she meant as it was early September. She finally explained that they had planned to take their boys on a backpacking trip and if she just kept talking about as a future summer event, it might actually happen. Always wanting to get out more, I was game. So we put it on the calendar and made it happen.
We chose a campground that was a mere 1.5 miles from the parking lot. We prayed the weather would hold.
The camping gods smiled upon us and the hike turned out to be only .5 miles and the weather was gorgeous. The kids carried varying amounts of gear and spent every ounce of energy they had in getting dirty, wet and muddy. They loved it. And we adults had a chance to sit around and talk by the campfire.
Our 28 hour backpacking was a huge success. All four kids asked to go again. I think we have real hikers (not whiner pigs!).
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