Our Backyard Adventure
At Target this summer they had several camping items on sale, so we picked up a tent and stove. We had not used it and decided we should try a test run in our backyard. Mark arrived home a little after 6pm. He began to set up the tent and built a fire (we have a firepit in our backyard). I purchased a mesquito lantern and sprayed the family down with bug spray. By 7:30 we were grilling our hotdogs. Camden thought he would investigate the mesquito lantern and burned his fingers. We rushed inside to put them under cool water. He was fine so we headed back out. We ate our dinner and then made s’mores. Camden liked the chocolate the best. By 9:00 pm we were all in bed and asleep a few moments later.
It was a lot of fun and we are glad we practiced in our yard before venturing out to the wilderness. When we woke up this morning to a neighbor talking on the phone, Mark and I agreed to a few more backyard trials before doing the real thing!
Here are a few pictures:
