Trip report and need a little pep talk...
Hey all, Just back from our Memorial Day camping trip. Left on Saturday, back here by 6 Monday. We have a 2013 Nomad Retro, which is quite short at 20 feet. It's alright for the 4 of us with 2 boy...
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Hon I've endured weekends like that in a TENT.
I say that not to one up you but to give you a little perspective. :) I am also not a "can do cheery" type person. Truth be told, I like to be wet about as much as a cat and can really be quite a witch. The Saturday I spent at a laundromat drying out sleeping bags (my first time ever!) was not filed under "Family Fun."
That said now, looking back a few years, we LAUGH about that weekend. When it was rainy and wet. When we moved the canopy OVER the campfire just so we could say we sat around one. When said canopy dumped what felt like 5 gallons of ice cold water down my back. I could go on.
One of our best camp stories? The huge storm that came in off the lake so fast we had friends hanging on their canopies for dear life (not recommended btw). Friend finally persuaded to save himself rather than the canopy "You have children man!" My friend and I standing in her camper as it rocked in the wind. Six wide-eyed kids staring at us for assurance that everything was fine as we encouraged another round of UNO and wondered if the bathtub in a camper was remotely the same as one in a house in case of a tornado?
My teen son and his invited-along friend wading into lake waves (inland lakes should not HAVE waves) to secure the boat.
My point? We LAUGH now.
It does get better. We have had beautiful, sunny weekends with nothing but blue skies and good times. Those. Are. Fantastic.
The stories we tell around the campfire over and over? The ones I mentioned above :)
Give it time and another chance. You will be surprised!
As for your kids, the truth is you are better off that he spoke to them BEFORE they hit his belongings with any part of that frisbee. You may not like the delivery but figure it made an impression and your kids now know not to wander into someone else's territory and you don't have someone trying to shake you down for damage. I know it's hard as a mom to hear it but I find sometimes kids listen better to other authority. Mom can say 10x "don't run by the pool" but the Lifeguard's whistle is the gospel. KWIM?
I say that not to one up you but to give you a little perspective. :) I am also not a "can do cheery" type person. Truth be told, I like to be wet about as much as a cat and can really be quite a witch. The Saturday I spent at a laundromat drying out sleeping bags (my first time ever!) was not filed under "Family Fun."
That said now, looking back a few years, we LAUGH about that weekend. When it was rainy and wet. When we moved the canopy OVER the campfire just so we could say we sat around one. When said canopy dumped what felt like 5 gallons of ice cold water down my back. I could go on.
One of our best camp stories? The huge storm that came in off the lake so fast we had friends hanging on their canopies for dear life (not recommended btw). Friend finally persuaded to save himself rather than the canopy "You have children man!" My friend and I standing in her camper as it rocked in the wind. Six wide-eyed kids staring at us for assurance that everything was fine as we encouraged another round of UNO and wondered if the bathtub in a camper was remotely the same as one in a house in case of a tornado?
My teen son and his invited-along friend wading into lake waves (inland lakes should not HAVE waves) to secure the boat.
My point? We LAUGH now.
It does get better. We have had beautiful, sunny weekends with nothing but blue skies and good times. Those. Are. Fantastic.
The stories we tell around the campfire over and over? The ones I mentioned above :)
Give it time and another chance. You will be surprised!
As for your kids, the truth is you are better off that he spoke to them BEFORE they hit his belongings with any part of that frisbee. You may not like the delivery but figure it made an impression and your kids now know not to wander into someone else's territory and you don't have someone trying to shake you down for damage. I know it's hard as a mom to hear it but I find sometimes kids listen better to other authority. Mom can say 10x "don't run by the pool" but the Lifeguard's whistle is the gospel. KWIM?
