Camping Covid-19 Style
Hello to all (from the Front Range "Foothills").
Well, perhaps this should be titled "Glamping Covid-19 Style".
Either way, this past week Xavier's school work has revolved around planning, provisioning and pulling off a camping trip.
He was given a budget to buy camping supplies and food. This got Xavier used to second grade math problems and concepts.
He had to set up a campsite, introducing him to concepts of scale and laying out a plan.
As extra credit, the students could set up their campsite (as best as possible) using pillows, tents, whatever the family had.
Xavier has wanted to go camping since last year. We never got around to it due to Rebecca's surgery. The closest camping we got to last year was an overnight (in a lodge) down at the Great Sand Dunes.
As campsites in Colorado are basically closed this year (or right now), Rebecca decided to camp in the backyard.
She and Xavier set up the camp (not according to his layout, though). They set up our "four person" tent while I dragged a "chiminea" over to the site and got a fire going inside it.
After the camp was set up, I used an air compressor to inflate the queen-sized air mattress (one of the nice things about glamping—I had access to the compressor and the 120 VAC to power it). Rebecca got the cook stove up and operational, and we cooked a meal. Later, we cooked s'mores over the fire.
As the tent might fit four people Xavier's size, it did not sleep two adults and Xavier comfortably. So, Rebecca and Xavier spent the night in the tent, while I glamped in the comfort of my own bed.
The next day, we cooked breakfast on the Coleman stove, lunch and dinner.
Xavier wanted to go fishing, so we headed one of the lakes nearby. Xavier also fished in a creek. As he fished, a beaver kit spent much time near us, staying less than twenty feet away. It did not seem bothered by us at all as it foraged for things to eat.
After another overnight in the tent (Rebecca and Xavier), we cooked and ate breakfast at the camp. Then, we broke down the campsite and packed everything away.
We "got home", unpacked and made it in time to virtual church.