Familyvance goes Camping
We are soon to be camping-bound. Ah, the glories of Cub Scouts. We promised Elijah that we'd go to the spring campout last April, but we were lame parents and broke our promise. We then promised we'd go for sure to the fall camp out. So this is the fall camp out, and we can't go back on our word now. I mean, we could go back on our word...
We are going to be The Family that has no knowledge or experience camping. I think David has put the tent up once for the boys to play in and pretend camp in the backyard. We aren't planning on taking food that has to be cooked. We are going to share two sleeping bags and take sheets and a blanket or two. I'm not even sure if we are taking a lantern even though it is something that should be taken.
All in all, we'll be "camping" for less than 24 hours due to Joshie's soccer game in a bit and t-ball pictures and game Sunday around noonish. It will be enough camping for me, and hopefully Elijah and Joshua will get enough of a taste to decide if they like it.
Oh, you want to know where we are camping? Guadalupe River State Park. The few pics I could find show a pleasant river and surrounding area. The park map shows some trails that we'll surely meander down. I don't know what group activities the Pack has planned. I am hoping for at least 4 hours of sleep. It's not the outdoors that will keep me awake, but rather two furnaces that kick and flail and twitch in their sleep.
On to running. Wednesday was Fartlek. I felt well enough for class but didn't want to push it, so I did a shorter warm up (not even a mile), and I took it easy on the fartleks. Sarah and I ran to the 1 mile marker and back for our fartlek, and because we went slower on the easy minutes (probably slower on the hards, too), we ended up doing more reps than normal.
This morning Gayatri and I ran 7 miles, give or take. We ran from Runtex to O'Henry on the basis that it was 3.5 there. We thought it was more like 3 there so we added a mile at the end. I saw an old friend and had to stop to chat for a minute, so I lost Gayatri with about 2 miles to go in our run. I ran fairly hard to try to catch up to her, but I never did. I think I was talking for a good 5 minutes, so unless she stopped and waited, I doubtfully would catch her. It was a really pleasant run, and I thought the morning was quite fine. It was just a touch of cool - enough to wet your whistle for Fall weather. Hard to believe we'll be wearing sleeves and pants soon for warm ups and even some workouts.
Oh yes! We joined Fitness Life. David went over on Tuesday or Wednesday or whenever, and I'm so excited. I can't wait to swim laps regardless of the weather. Hey, I can't wait to swim laps and have somewhere safe and trustworthy for my boys to go that they like. The kids' areas is fabulous there. I know the boys will love it, and I have to figure out a way in our already tight schedule to go after school twice/week. I also want to go once/weekend. I know that doesn't sound like much, but trust me when I say Familyvance already has a tight schedule.
On to soccer and camping. Poetry coming soon.
We are going to be The Family that has no knowledge or experience camping. I think David has put the tent up once for the boys to play in and pretend camp in the backyard. We aren't planning on taking food that has to be cooked. We are going to share two sleeping bags and take sheets and a blanket or two. I'm not even sure if we are taking a lantern even though it is something that should be taken.
All in all, we'll be "camping" for less than 24 hours due to Joshie's soccer game in a bit and t-ball pictures and game Sunday around noonish. It will be enough camping for me, and hopefully Elijah and Joshua will get enough of a taste to decide if they like it.
Oh, you want to know where we are camping? Guadalupe River State Park. The few pics I could find show a pleasant river and surrounding area. The park map shows some trails that we'll surely meander down. I don't know what group activities the Pack has planned. I am hoping for at least 4 hours of sleep. It's not the outdoors that will keep me awake, but rather two furnaces that kick and flail and twitch in their sleep.
On to running. Wednesday was Fartlek. I felt well enough for class but didn't want to push it, so I did a shorter warm up (not even a mile), and I took it easy on the fartleks. Sarah and I ran to the 1 mile marker and back for our fartlek, and because we went slower on the easy minutes (probably slower on the hards, too), we ended up doing more reps than normal.
This morning Gayatri and I ran 7 miles, give or take. We ran from Runtex to O'Henry on the basis that it was 3.5 there. We thought it was more like 3 there so we added a mile at the end. I saw an old friend and had to stop to chat for a minute, so I lost Gayatri with about 2 miles to go in our run. I ran fairly hard to try to catch up to her, but I never did. I think I was talking for a good 5 minutes, so unless she stopped and waited, I doubtfully would catch her. It was a really pleasant run, and I thought the morning was quite fine. It was just a touch of cool - enough to wet your whistle for Fall weather. Hard to believe we'll be wearing sleeves and pants soon for warm ups and even some workouts.
Oh yes! We joined Fitness Life. David went over on Tuesday or Wednesday or whenever, and I'm so excited. I can't wait to swim laps regardless of the weather. Hey, I can't wait to swim laps and have somewhere safe and trustworthy for my boys to go that they like. The kids' areas is fabulous there. I know the boys will love it, and I have to figure out a way in our already tight schedule to go after school twice/week. I also want to go once/weekend. I know that doesn't sound like much, but trust me when I say Familyvance already has a tight schedule.
On to soccer and camping. Poetry coming soon.
posted by Jessica at
10:01 AM
1 Comments:
I saw you on the trail and thought I said hello but I was pretty whipped at that point so I don't know. Anyway HELLO!
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9/29/07 9:54 PM
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