ness is an activity that engages
and delights families across
Canada every year. One local
tains, hiking, loons, sunsets, and cooking
over a fire--it's family time where noth-
ing matters but having fun with each
other.
years old, camping as a family every year
since they were born. Nancy says they go
every chance they get.
happy and entertained outdoors and they
explore freely. Kids love things like water,
dirt, and sand; my kids have always come
home from camping with rocks and we
have a rock garden made of rocks from all
the places we've been.
that, and how to boil water from the lake
on a fire."
weeks at a time, adding that Brett has been
going to places like Horn Lake since he
was a teenager.
more," she says. "We all
just love being outdoors: we
love to go fishing, bike rid-
ing, and we go on walks and
hikes every day. We roast
marshmallows and hot dogs
and make grilled cheese
sandwiches over the fire,"
she says. "We sit around the
fire and play cards."
and Nancy notes that part of
the appeal is doing things
they don't always have time
to do at home. "We play
games and spend time to-
gether with no phone or
TV," she explains. "It's just
being outdoors, enjoying
peace and quiet, and bond-
ing as a family."
set up the family tent on the deck or in the
basement, and love to make camping part
of any celebration or event. "Grace wants
to spend her birthday tenting with me and
some of her friends," Nancy says. "And
when we did the run to Vancouver with
`Kids Running for Kids' we tented the
whole way down."
for supper," Faith says. "We're camping
for my sister's birthday at Chimney Lake,
and I'm inviting all the girls from my
class."
grounds and for the people to take care of
squirrels, chipmunks, wind in the trees,
and rain on the tent at night," she says.
fun outside."