We had a great time camping with my college friends Don and Sarah and their two boys this weekend. We went to Henry Cowell State Park and camped among the redwood trees.
Anthony was a bit stand-offish at first. It was strange, usually he loves other kids. Then he said, "I thought we were going with my cousins Joshua and Emerson." Joshua and Anderson, Joshua and Emerson, they sound similar, but are oh so different.
The boys had played together before, but now Anthony was finally old enough to really play with the big kids. Boy did they play together. Anthony even taught Anderson the "flying monkey game." Anderson showed off his loose/missing teeth, which made Anthony SO jealous.
We went on a few short hikes and found some geo-caches. (Bob and Anthony hadn't been geocaching in YEARS.) Anthony did great on the hikes, the longest was about a mile and a half and he didn't really get tired until the very end.
The highlights of the trip included marshamallows (of course), playing inside the various redwood trees, including one big enough to hold SEVENTY FOUR people, and petting "the muppet tree" which had an immensely thick layer of lichen.
The best part of all, of course, was visiting with old friends.
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