Camping

Hey! The camping trip was awesome! The kids went snorkeling in the morning. Like all of our trips, the weather wasn't exactly cooperating. The wind was really whipping and by the time we got out to the reef there were waves breaking over the bow of the catamaran and it looked like a surfboard was more suitable gear than fins and snorkels. The girls, true to form, took it in stride and got in the water just the same. The younger ones came back in after about 15 minutes and passed out on the deck for a mid-morning nap while the older ones stayed out a bit longer but all of them came back bloody in one way or another. Nosebleeds, run-ins with corals and so on. They were all afflicted with sea sickness, but only one of them actually vomited over the side before returning to her nap. I didn't hear a single complaint. Those kids are THE BEST.

After we got off the boat we headed to the campsite and set up tents, made some trail mix (which, according to them includes: fruit loops, marshmellows, m&m's and peanuts. They pooh-pooh'd the fruit bits and only put a splash of peanuts in for texture.) and hit the beach again. We had a campfire and hit the sack around hiker midnight (9pm).

They were up bright and early in the morning, made some pancakes/frisbees and were cleaned up, packed and ready to get out of dodge by 10. Again, Best kids Ever. I've taught them well, if I may say so myself.

Now I can relax and breathe a bit before we get into the end of year craziness with badges and four star troop paperwork and parties....