Last weekend we took off for a little camping trip, just the four of us, out in the Kootneys at Blanket Creek Provincial Park. It's a great little campground for families, with a warm lagoon for swimming, soft, sparkly sand to play in, beautiful forest and mountains, a playground and several hiking trails.
It's a lot of work, the whole camping gig. But, the girls were happy and full of boundless energy. They explored the forest and built a rustic lean-to, they dug trenches and built castles in the sand, they waded along the shore and searched for tadpoles and frogs, they ran hopelessly unequal races, they got sticky and dirty and bruised, and still had energy to be giggling side-by-side in the tent long after bedtime. Each night, we waited until dark and then built up a hot, crackling fire for two, played games by lantern light, drank wine and talked and ate jiffy-pop. All the work of camping was so worth it.
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On our way back home on Sunday we took an impromptu pit stop at The Enchanted Forest, dirty and tired as we were, to give the girls a treat for being such good little campers. They skipped around visiting all the familiar nursery rhyme and fairy tale characters, stooping through tiny doorways and climbing up winding stairs. The place is enchanting and quirky and fun and I'm so glad we stopped.
Making lasting memories
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