Blast, with 2 kids the same ages as yours plus a 3 month old, I'm taking careful notes! smile Funny stories, and great blog.

I'll add one more camping with kids tip:

When packing away the food in the dark after a (way too late) dinner, be sure to post a sentry at the unsecured food. This is especially important if you're the only campers in the campground, and the local wildlife (raccoons) are used to having their pick of a dozens of other sites with food. The darn coons grabbed the bag of tortilla chips and ran so fast down the hill with it that, by flashlight, I thought one of the kids was being dragged away in their sleeping bag by a bear!

They don't wear bandit masks for nuthin' ya know! crazy


Edited by ohiohiker (04/01/08 04:38 AM)
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