Little campers

Every time I return from a camping trip with kids, I swear I'll never do it again. Last night I had four little ones - two 4-year-olds, a 6-year-old and a 9-year-old - out at the Fort De Soto campground.

My rules were simple - no food or drink in the tent, don't fall in the fire and stay out of the Gulf of Mexico. Other than that, I pretty much let them do whatever they want.

The first casualty was my 6-year-old son, who fell into the water as he put it, "on accident." Then my daughter, age 4, snuck a juice box into the tent. The move was not discovered until several hours later when I noticed a large puddle beneath her sleeping bag.

My nephew, also 4, isn't good with zippers. He went into the tent to change clothes, felt nature's call, and answered all over two sleeping bags. Later, I noticed a foul stench coming from the campfire. They had found a dead mullet on the beach and decided to cook it for the raccoons.

Each one got up several times during the night afraid of ghosts, bears, werewolves etc. (it was my fault...those darn campfire stories). This afternoon at home, it took me four hours to clean up them and all my camping gear- and that does not include the tent that I may have to have fumigated.

But they're still outside talking about their little adventure. They are already bugging me to schedule another trip. But I told them never again. Or next weekend. Whichever comes first.

Comments

[camper trailer]

caravan is a trailer towed behind a road vehicle to provide a place to sleep which is more comfortable and protected than a tent (although there are fold-down tent trailers). It provides the means for people to have their own home on a journey or a vacation (holiday), without relying on a motel or hotel, and enables them to stay in places where none is available.
Damion