CHRIS: Looking to Summer

My papa allowed my brother and I to build our own a camp fire. Snow was still on the ground. I put it out with the snow when it got dark. We wanted smores but our parents said no one bought the stuff to make it. That is alright I know my Aunts will bring stuff for the smores and banana boats. Camp fires are times for me to play, hunt for wood, and eat treats. Some nights we go to other camp fires. We take turns.
From Papa: “Camping is an opportunity for children with or with out their families to experience many outdoor options. Exposure to the environment provides an education for everyone. The more a person understands their relationship to nature the more likely the person will work to have a lesser impact on the environment.”

May 19th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
I have great memories of camping when I was a kid-roaming the woods in NH to see beaver dams, digging up old telephone insulators, the fires and food, discovering that bees love to make nests in old stone walls (OK, maybe that wasn’t so much fun). I think camping is wonderful for kids, you get to discover and learn a lot! I bet my experiences in the woods encouraged me to love the outdoors the way I do today…