Spring Camping April 29 thru 31

We love camping. This is our third year camping at Del Valle outside of Livermore in the spring. Usually we get some wind and some cold and some very nice days as well. Its half way between Santa Cruz and Sacramento, so we picked that spot. We camp with a group of friends from Santa Cruz that also have family here in Sacramento. Jason loves just being able to run and play and get dirty and sleep in a tent. This year he got very involved with adding wood to the fire, roasting marshmellows, hunting for pollywogs in the stream and using the chuck-it with the dogs. Each day he was up at the crack of dawn and then tried to stay awake as late as possible.

High on a log!

Zippy, Souix and Jo-Anne are the grand organizers. They play softball together in Santa Cruz.


Jason got wet every other hour searching the stream and hunting for polly-wogs. We brought home two pollywogs!

Hanging around the fire

The best thing about spring camping is keeping warm early and late by the fire.

Scary stories, hotdogs, marshmellos, and staying up as late as possible and then falling asleep dead tired.

Camping Friends

Kaily was there the first time we went camping. She is a beautiful dog and fun to play with. Jason throws the ball with a chuck-it for her. It is fun watching the dogs try and find the chipmonks and dig big holes after them.

        


A new friend Zach camped with us this year. It was Zach's first time camping. The first 20 minutes he was there I was wondering how it would go, because he kept insisting he needed to change his shoes because they were dirty. He adapted quite well!

The boys decided to take their camping chairs and sit over by themselves and have their own conversation!

This face of Jason's just makes me laugh.

Packing up is never fun. We were sad to leave. But before we hit the highway, Jason was asleep for 4 hours. That is my sign of a good time for a 5 year old.