Summer Memories
I love thinking of seasons passed, how one day its warm enough for shorts and running through the sprinkler and within that week everyone is grabbing sweatshirts and watching the leaves change. The trees on the country roads right now look like the burning bush must have displaying fires of bright red, yellow, orange and some are still green. The scenery is so pretty it makes me stare every time.
I guess most of the time there are things about each season that I wish would linger (except maybe winter). Every year I have a summer fling with warm evenings and medium days- I love the beginning and end of summer when things cool down a bit but still are completely enjoyable.
This summer was a new milestone for us. This summer was the first summer we braved camping with the boys, they are 3 and 5 and did spectacular- now we just can't wait to take them again. We probably wouldn't have thought to go on our own, but our new church does an all-church camp out every year and we signed up. We didn't even have a tent that would fit us all!
We had never camped with electricity and water capabilities before, we were into hardcore backpacking camping pre-kids. I think that is why we didn't go for so long after we had them. We used to only eat power bars and trail mix when on the road, our bodies craved hot nourishment.That was not a problem this time! A friend let me borrow her dutch oven and it is now on my wish list. The food was so good- none of the typical hot dogs or hamburgers...well, just check it out for yourself.
PS.Recipes for these dutch oven dishes to follow, stay tuned friends they are worth it.
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November 1st, 2009 - 19:49
Wow, you bring back to mind so many of my own summer memories with this post ;-).
I love camping and always have, the freedom and the back to basic life. I love your pics! It’s so the way camping feels to me! And I’m feeling hungry watching your food pics. We don’t have a Dutch oven (although we should have since we *are* Dutch lol) because in most European campsites it’s not allowed to have an open fire or fire rings like you have in the US (we enjoyed it during our trip in California on the campsites there though). We do have a Cobb (a south african outdoor cooking pot) and we love to cook with it.
Ah well, camping definitely is one of the things I’m sooooo going to miss here in China… we camped so often (we love to escape the city so we often camped in the weekends too). So it’s good to see your pics :-))
November 1st, 2009 - 21:09
Yeah, camping is so different, you take time to play games, sit, eat laugh and just watch your setting change throughout the day. Do people camp in China?
The dutch oven doesn’t require open flame which is one of the reasons I like it, you just use briquettes and have some on top and some one the bottom- still I guess you need to light them somehow…
August 2nd, 2010 - 08:45
so timely, this post! i just purchased a two-room swiss army tent in brand-new condition for $30 at a yard sale over the weekend. my parents have 3 acres of property and my 3 1/2-year-old nephew wants to go ‘camping.’ i figured we’d start small and work our way up to the real wilderness. :)
love your pictures–looks like you had such fun!