Well, after two and a half hours of packing, my son is all set to go on his first parent free camping trip away from home tomorrow. He and Boy Scouts from all over the region will be spending the next week in the Adirondacks.
They're going to be kept pretty busy swimming, hiking and canoeing. They will also have the opportunity to earn various merit badges in a variety of areas from map reading, ecology and archery - to name but a few things. They may even see bears...hopefully very shy bears...very full and very shy bears...at a very great distance.
As laid back as I sometimes appear to be about my kids, I'm pretty nervous inside! He's acting pretty cool about it too, so I wonder how much of the "away" part has sunk in. I know I'm going to jump every time the phone rings. If it rings later in the evening, I think I'll do more than jump - I'll probably fly right out of my skin. I hope so much he has a good time. If I see him at the end of the week, grubby and full of smiles, that will make it all worth while.
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