Last night we took the kids up to Rocky Mountain National Park for our family's first camping trip. Going into the trip we weren't too sure how it would turn out, but I'm happy to report it was a smashing success.
The kids did great - slept well in their new sleeping bags (cocoons, according to Boston), saw lots of animals (elk, fish, deer, birds... but no elephants, to Boston's chagrin), cooked/burned marshmallows on the fire, saw a couple of high alpine lakes and threw rocks in the Big Thompson River. The only hiccups of the trip were: 1) Boston throwing rocks at everything, including our car and his sister, 2) Brooklyn falling/running into everything - rocks, tables, chairs, trees, etc. - and having every other possible kind of accident - biting her lip, dropping her camera on her toe... the list goes on and on.
We slept in tents, made a campfire and cooked smores and Jiffy Pop, cooked pancakes and sausage on the campstove, but I will admit we had dinner and ice cream down in Estes Park that night - we didn't want to push it too hard on our first trip out!
The kids did great - slept well in their new sleeping bags (cocoons, according to Boston), saw lots of animals (elk, fish, deer, birds... but no elephants, to Boston's chagrin), cooked/burned marshmallows on the fire, saw a couple of high alpine lakes and threw rocks in the Big Thompson River. The only hiccups of the trip were: 1) Boston throwing rocks at everything, including our car and his sister, 2) Brooklyn falling/running into everything - rocks, tables, chairs, trees, etc. - and having every other possible kind of accident - biting her lip, dropping her camera on her toe... the list goes on and on.
We slept in tents, made a campfire and cooked smores and Jiffy Pop, cooked pancakes and sausage on the campstove, but I will admit we had dinner and ice cream down in Estes Park that night - we didn't want to push it too hard on our first trip out!
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those are great pictures. I love camping!! I've tagged you...check out my blog for info. Glad you guys are doing great!
Bop Bop And Grandma are jealous! Sounds like so much fun. I'm proud of you Amber you are the one that when we camped when you were little you didn't like to get dirty. Good job!
i'm impressed too! amber....camping?!? did they put a Nordstrom in Estes Park????
Looks like fun, Ty. I'm pretty jealous. We'll have to do a Carlson & Carlson camping trip when Will gets a little bigger. I'm sure at that point William will join Boston in chucking rocks at everything - I love that.
-Nate
What fun!! We totally need to go camping together!!
Looks like a great time. I bet it was even more fun without the Grill Nazi (aka Jeff Vilardi) running the show like our campout up in Provo Canyon. Still can't believe you and Amy couldn't make it 8 hours without using your cell-phones. Miss you guys!
looks like so much fun! we are going on our first family camping trip the end of the month! your post makes me feel a lot more confident about it! :) I love Boston's cute froggy hat!
Looks like it was a fun trip. I love Boston's hat, that is so cute! Glad to see you survived....good thinking having dinner in town(dutch oven meals are definitely over-rated).
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