Camping Trips

We have gone overnight camping twice so far this summer. We went with our friends, Jake and Cassie. The first time we went, we slept in their tent, but the second time Austin decided to build his own shelter. He used a tarp as the top and cardboard and a yoga mat as the floor. It started raining just as we went to bed, but luckily it didn't rain very hard and Austin's shelter was very well constructed, so we didn't get wet at all. We only slept until about 4 am when a bird started making a bunch of noise and Austin sat up saying that he was well-rested (I was okay-rested:). The moon was really bright, so we walked up a dirt road and looked at the stars, then came back to camp and got the fire going again, waiting for our friends to wake up. The best part of camping for Austin is all the chances to use his new axe. He chops fire wood, carves sticks for roasting marshmallows and hot dogs, carves stakes to hold the tarp down....