keepin' em' alive

The stuff

Earlier this summer Old and I thought it would be fun to take the family camping...so we made a pile of stuff we might need, stood back and were astonished at the amount of stuff a family of four needs to go camping, and sorted again the stuff we NEEDED only. Nonetheless, we stuffed every corner of the car with stuff and piled in and headed South East of Portland to find a nice secluded river spot.

photo op with the boys

Little did we know what was in store for us... The first night we found a great little spot, not near the river as I was worried about Jas being to close to water. So instead we picked a spot with a little ravine near the back that also had a fallen tree blocking access to the road. Safe right? WRONG! As Old and I were setting up the tent, out of the corner of my eye saw Aram standing near the cliff looking down at the ravine. And before I could get to him he took that step and disappeared from sight. He took the fall with grace, rolling up in a little ball tucking his head and tale in like a professional stunt person. I dove down to get to him and noticed he had landed a mere 6 inches from a very big jagged rock. Amidst tears from everyone, we discovered besides being covered in dirt and branches he had survived with just a little scrape on his head. WOW---so resilient!

Awhile later, as he was playing near the fallen tree, he cried out as if in pain. Alarmed, I went over to him to only discover he had three big black ants on his face and I realized that he was being bitten. Man, as if the fall was not enough.  After this, we decided that we would move spots in the morning, as it was already dark.

I can sit here if there is no fire, right?

Besides, trying to keep the little man out of the fire pit, poison oak, and sleepless nights, the rest of the trip was fun. Swimming in a great river pool, hikes, and playing in the woods. But decided that was plenty of camping for us this summer, as neither parent really relaxed and enjoyed our selves much. Sorry there aren't more photos...as we somehow did not get to taking pictures much.

sleepless night does not look pretty in the morning...hehehhe