The long-awaited camping pictures

We had tons of fun, learned alot, and didn’t freeze!  Here (above) you can see our campsite, with the shelter that Jevon built for us in the background.  It features a double-decker hammock arrangement, covered with tarps, which were hung on a rope between two trees.  And in the foreground, you can see the firepit we built, featuring a hot-plate: a flat-topped stone on which we boiled the water we got from the spring.  Below: Karina filling in for Daddy at Bible-reading time.

We did some more compass exercises, out in the hills.  Below: Cali and Karina studiously helping their Daddy with the coordinances.

And of course this involved some trekking over some hills, through some ravines, and deep into many thickets.  I was so proud of Cali – I did not hear any whining, even when her sleeves got caught on thorns or when branches flung toward her face!  She was such a good sport.  We were glad to have our kids with us on this activity, since they are in training too, after all.

Below: We hung our stuff up in the trees.  The shelter is open and the girls are way up high in the hammock strings just so they can peak out at you.

I wished I could have gotten pictures of us learning to butcher a chicken…I am such a hands-on learner so those kinds of activities are really helpful to me.  But I was happy that another guy on our team got to kill it; I only had to skin it and clean it and cut it into pieces.  Yet another team member threw it in the frying pan and ate it for his dinner.

After it got dark, our team leaders took us out on the side of the hill and showed us how to find Polaris – the North star – and some constellations.  (We practiced that some more on our own, after we got home.)

Above: Karina looking at the camera.  Below: Cali getting a lift.

The family in a hammock:  Happy Camping!