I went on a HipMama/Mamatron camping trip this weekend with Aidan. Steve was on Long Island so it was just the two of us. We just spent one night - which was enough. Aidan had a great time and was so exhausted that he went to sleep in the tent WITHOUT NURSING! I was able to have some mamatime around the campfire which was a real treat.

Remember, when you go camping with HipMamas/Mamatrons:
don't assume that those long haired kids are girls
don't assume that the mamas and papas are married

Kara posted some pics here.

It rained for several hours in the early morning, but it dried up by about 8:00 so that it was pleasant to get up out of the tent. We stayed warm and dry and I was grateful for our fabulous little tent that was a wedding gift. When we got home, I set it up on the side of the house to get nice and dry so that it wouldn't get musty. I staked it down because it was very windy and our property has no trees so the wind really whips through it. We went to look at a piece of land and when we came back it was gone! It blew away I guess - I keep imagining what that must have looked like - it probably took off like a kite and maybe it is resting in a cow pasture somewhere. Or else it blew into the road and someone grabbed it. I am so sad about it. I am still half hoping that we'll find it, but Steve needs one for EDC this weekend, so we are probably going to have to buy another one.

And by the way, that property that we looked at is THE ONE. I am going to try to buy it TODAY, but we have had such rotten luck that we are both imagining the worst - that it is somehow sold already. If we get it I will tell more.