LLL? Campout

This campout was in the planning stages for months! Back in late Spring I asked if there was a group campout planned for La Leche League and was told, no, but what a great idea to plan one. So I tried... which meant many polls about dates and where people wanted to go. It was too late to get a group site at any of the great State Parks, but several people suggested Oxbow as a casual alternative because they don't take reservations. Um, not such a great idea since the place was already almost full on Thursday night! But it turned out OK considering not that many people showed up to camp anyway. I joked it was more like Lisa and Friends instead of LLL and Friends since most of the folks who came were friends of ours I had been promoting it to for awhile. I thought some other LLL folks might show up for camping, but it was just us as far as I know....

For some strange reason, I don't have a single picture of our campsite. I think I was constantly worried about being in organizer mode. I did get a few nearby though. There were deer all over the place that would just cruise through the sites.

Awww

I did get some nice shot at a couple of other places. First off... the river! That is the main attraction, after all! Too bad Oxbow is actually a gorge! The hike down to the river was quite steep from most access points. There was a maintained trail pretty much right across from our campground, though, so that was pretty cool! After loping around in both directions along the river, another family pointed us in the direction of a "pool" somebody had made for kiddies with rocks. Even then, it took us a bit of time before we found it, but we prevailed and it was just the right spot!

The ring!
Unschooling moment! We had a great time taking away and adding rocks to see how it affected the water flow.

Boys, boys, boys. That is Daddy Scott with little Finn in the background.



Orion being herded by Connor.
The rest were taken the next day at the park area in the campground. I love this one!
Baby Olivia showing off her skills.
Orion's pile o rocks.
These naturalists stopped by to show us some neat stuff. Can you tell what they are?
Wheee!
Orion's new friend. He loved playing with this little girl he met. They were filling his pail with rocks and dumping them down the slides haha.

So weird to think this was months in the making....