we borrowed camping gear from a friend of ours...we didn't want to invest in gear and only to realize we don't like it...so a friend of ours equipped us with EVERYTHING!! it was awesome tho, and made the trip so much easier and so much more pleasant.
well let's see, bugs are nasty and my kids HATE bugs...and bug spray doesn't keep bugs from harrassing you, if anything bug spray always seem to attrack more bugs. Sort of like when you tell a toddler not to touch, it makes them want to since it's more attractive when mom makes something off limits.
the dirt didn't bother them much because it's beach sand so it comes right off...although i think it bothered enzo more than it bothered ethan, but then again he was also the one sitting in sand and pouring down his neck and every once in a while he'll throw a handful in his own face just for the kicks...
It's comical to think how we looked to other ppl...It's hard work to set up a tent while trying to keep enzo (our 2 yr old) from running into the street and ethan from climbing and playing in the sand dunes (which here in Jax, is illegal). Not to mention, we didn't even know what the tent was supposed to look like when set up. Then in the midst of laughing and repremanding the boys, we decide that we needed to take pictures!!! well yeah, i guess because we were so busy packing the van with stuff (which btw, could have lasted us a little over a week), we forgot to bring a camera! so yeah, no pictures...we did try to take a picture with our cell phone but it's a cell phone haha...
we got to the campsite around 630pm, and by the time we had set the tent up and unloaded sleeping bags, playpen (can't trust enzo to stay in the tent at night) and food/drinks...it was 10pm...the boys were exhausted...
but then nature it NOISY! and huegonot park (where we went beach camping) is also a bird watchers travel spot...birds birds birds everywhere...so 4:30am birds were squawking everywhere, often times, sounding like they were doing it right next to our tent...and it's not the soft chirping you hear on tv or cartoons! so by 6:30am everyone was up...the sun was up and bright and it was a really nice weekend with really nice weather....
long story short...beach camping is what it is...there's nothing to do other than the beach (well at least at this one)...so all we had to keep ethan and enzo entertained was the beach...we played in the surf/sand from 7:30am till 6pm? something like that...we had no where else to go since we were staying another night. Ethan is now VERY toasted! Enzo is even darker...the boys LOVE the beach though and would stay forever given the chance...
Needless to say we all had a good time...and we would definitely go camping again with the boys...although i think next time we'll wait till the weather is a little bit cooler (less bugs and less humidity). We even started collecting our own camping gear...
wish i had pictures to show but uhhh yeah, we'll blame Toots for that one
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