Our Camping Adventures - Part 3: Sam’s Mis-Adventures

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To catch up on our camping adventures so far, read this and this.

To fully understand this part of the story, I must first describe the campground. The campground is divided into loops A, B, C, and D. When our church holds family camp, we take over the entire D loop. It’s really nice, because we can let the kids wander, as long as they stay in the D loop. Since D is the last loop, there is only one way out, and that is to go into the C loop. Now, on to the story.

After coming back from the beach on Saturday, I got the kids showered and then let them ride their scooters around the loop. Sam was having tons of fun trying to stay ahead of Liz. Liz didn’t care. She just took her sweet time going around the loop. Sam got far enough ahead of her that they were on opposite sides of the loop. They would wave at me as they passed our campsite.

I was enjoying a visit with a friend, when I realized that Liz had come by a few times, but I hadn’t seen Sam in a while. My friend and I headed to the edge of the campsite to see if we could figure out where he was. As we were looking, our pastor came walking by. He asked if I was looking for someone, and I told him I hadn’t seen Sam in a while. The pastor smiled and said he was safe, because he was surely in the D loop somewhere. I laughed and half jokingly told him that knowing Sam, he wandered into the C loop. Our pastor laughed and went on his way.

I waited where I was to see if Sam would come by. I kid you not, two minutes later he came flying down from C loop on his scooter! He was pretty proud of himself, too, little stinker! When I told our pastor about it later, he laughed. “At least he’s confident,” he said. Confident he is. My Sam is not afraid to try anything. I watched him like a hawk for the rest of the weekend.

The rest of the camping trip went without incident. We had a great all-church BBQ on Saturday night, followed by a talent show. Sunday morning we had a church service, and then we headed home. Now that we’ve been home a week, the laundry is done, and the camping equipment is packed away until next year. Even though the weekend was a crazy one, I’m glad for the memories that I will be able to treasure forever.

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