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Coming off of Kavi’s birthday party, I didn’t prep much food for camping — sometimes I make curry and freeze it in advance, to heat up over the fire. And mas paan (beef curry bun) is really nice to have for an easy meal that doesn’t require a fire. But I did find our sandwich […]

But I took pictures of absolutely everything that was, even the dandelions that are also in my own backyard.

Anand got bored with the very calm paddling after 20 minutes or so, so went back with Kevin; I swapped in with Kavi, and we went around again. It was very peaceful. This is not adventure kayaking, but if you’re looking to relax, lying down in your kayak and chatting with your almost-14-year-old daughter is

Normally you can rent kayaks, but that is also currently closed due to COVID; I’m assuming they’ll be lifting those restrictions soon. We brought one of our inflatable double kayaks, which takes up a LOT of room in our little car; we definitely couldn’t fit camping chairs, for example, if we’re bringing one of these.

We settled in pretty quickly, and did a little exploring. Camp Bullfrog is basically some cabins and tent / RV spots around a small lake. There are supposedly two trails going off from it, but unfortunately, the trail nearest us was closed off — not sure why. COVID-related? We didn’t check out the farther away

Took the family to Camp Bullfrog (about 30 minutes southwest of us) for an overnight. I’d really like to convert my family into a camping family (I love tent camping, personally); among other reasons, since Anand can’t get vaccinated until September, probably, camping is our best bet for getting him some travel / vacation time

Do you have a packing list you can easily share? We’re doing cabin camping this time (at Camp Bullfrog, 45 minutes SW of here), but I’m hoping to transition the family to tent camping, and to that end, have started picking up relevant supplies. What do you pack? What do you consider essential? What’s just

We’re so tired, generally, I think, in our lives. We turned the temp down (we like it cool for sleeping) and went to bed around 10-ish. I read for a little while before sleep (the place is set up well with reading lights at each spot in bed, like a nice hotel room), and that

We were going to try to stay off devices for this trip — we didn’t leave them all home, but I didn’t pack my laptop, which felt a little traumatic, honestly — I can’t remember the last time I travelled without my laptop. I mean literally, it’s been years and years. Always working….but not the

We had this idea that we might try to do one vegetarian or vegan day / week going forward. We haven’t actually started that yet, but when I was buying Italian sausages (which I knew they liked) for the grill, I tried getting some chicken sausage and some meatless sausages as well. I’m sorry to