Corona Camping
How is everyone doing? I have found that this week was particularly weird for me in that, despite being quarantined and having almost nothing to do outside of our home, I still found plenty of ways to idle my time away and not get my ever growing list of to-dos finished.
Can you relate?
The bible is right, the days really are evil and truly do try to slip away so that we will have nothing to show for them.
Next week I will make it different, I will get things done and be an asset to my community! I won't just work and teach and teach and work. I'll change, you'll see!
But this weekend we are going camping. I got talked into it.
Camping! Can you believe it, me?
I am trying so hard to be one with nature, to be a naturalist if you will. So far it hasn't stuck but here I am, still trying.
I have this idealistic idea of camping...fresh air, sunshine, a gentle breeze blowing as we traipse through the forest, sketching and watercoloring in our nature journals.
I forget that the reality of camping is bugs, critters, scary noises, fighting children who have no clue where they put their sketch book, and a husband who is tired of me not being an outdoorswoman.
That is the reality of camping.
The closer we've gotten to this weekend the more the reality has come into focus for me. So now I am terrified of what is to come.
Still we will forge on. In our state all trails are open as well as campgrounds. We have nothing in mind but social distancing. Calvin's therapist said that it would be a good idea to try to get him out in the nature, in his element, so that is the ultimate goal of this adventure.
Are you allowed to hike and be out of doors in your state? I was surprised to learn when I posted on Instagram that a lot of states are not allowing people to hike, so I felt blessed that we are able to.