This week I took two of the kids camping for a couple of nights. With this camping trip came some interesting lessons. Here are five tips:
- Have a plan during set up time. In our case, I saved a new sand toy to occupy Liam while we put up tent. He played buzzdozer and dump truck for the 1 1/2 hours it took to set up the campsite.
- Kids = messy food which also = curious and hungry animals...
- Robyn found this out the hard way when a raccoon came into her tent in the middle of the night to get the bag of chips she was keeping in there for her midnight snack.
- Ask about hiking routes. Remember to ask about:
- Distance - I knew now Liam can make it about 1.5 miles and then will beg to be carried;
- Grade (how much climbing is involved) - This tires them out quicker and it is harder to carry them do a steep slope and or in our case a cliff; and
- Terrain (what kind of ground you will cover) - Liam found every puddle on our hike.
- Remember to take frequent breaks when hiking - it also helps if you pack snacks and drinks for said breaks.
- Don't use an iPad to take pictures - it is too cumbersome and pictures are a real power drain.
- It is however, great to have during rain storms to watch a movie on while waiting it out in the tent.
- Also while movies drain iPad power fast, visual kids books like the App for The Cat in the Hat do not. They are great for keeping kids entertained.
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| You just can't get a great zoom on an iPad camera...You can't see the great rock sculpture on the island there very well. |
