An Outdoor FAMILY on a Journey for ADVENTURE
If you know us, you know a couple of things. One, we LOVE our Ontario Reign Hockey games (We are season ticket holders) and Two, we enjoy off-roading, camping, and recreational trips to the gun range. When Baby Wagon came along, we were not sure how we could do any of these without damaging her … Read more
When we got pregnant, we were ecstatic.
We were also terrified.
Years ago, before Cris and I were married, we went to a Christmas party at a close friends parents home. The BIG THING that year was the chocolate fountain set up in their kitchen, with a huge array of “dippables” surrounding it. Everything from bacon to marshmallows to various fruits and potato chips, and being the adventurous riffraff we are, we decided to add cheese cubes and ham, and if I am remembering correctly, even some baloney, on the theory that chocolate makes everything better.
After a long day on the trail during a recent trip with the American Adventurist group, I was off setting up my Outback Swag when the smells of something sweet started to drift through camp. It was not a familiar scent for me, but it sure smelled great. My nose ended up leading me to Humberto’s skottle, where he was frying up some Plantains.
Big Bear Lake is a very special place to our family. Cris’ family had a cabin up there for years, and Cris grew up going there with his Grampa whenever they could. So it seemed only right that Baby Wagon’s first camping trip should be up there. There would be several firsts this weekend, and … Read more