Foy
Resident Geologist
My 33 year-old son and I are taking his 3-year old son, Billy the 5th, on his first overnight trip in "Pop's Wittle House" on Saturday night. We'll venture a good 8 miles from home base to Falls Lake State Recreation area, located on Raleigh's primary water source, 12,000 acre Falls Lake.
Activities will include hiking at least 150 yards between our reserved campsite and the sandy swimming beach/large playground, hiking to a bluff overlooking the lake, fishing with his new "Spiderman" spincast rod and reel, making mud pies by the lake shore, and throwing several hundred rocks and sticks into the lake. A small campfire will follow in the late afternoon/early evening.
Cuisine to include cheeseburgers, chips, and green salad, S'Mores for dessert, and link sausage + "panny cakes" for breakfast on Sunday.
While I don't figure to so much as lock the front hubs on the old Superduty, it should be a memorable couple of days and 1 night. We want to ease him into this gently to best assure he'll want to go again soon. We have our eyes on bringing the little fellow on a long weekend camped directly on the bank of the French Broad River at Hot Springs, NC, provided he "takes" to the experience on Saturday afternoon/night/Sunday morning. And if he "takes" to that, he'll be headed to Montana by the time he's 5 years old
Trip report with pics to follow.
Foy
Activities will include hiking at least 150 yards between our reserved campsite and the sandy swimming beach/large playground, hiking to a bluff overlooking the lake, fishing with his new "Spiderman" spincast rod and reel, making mud pies by the lake shore, and throwing several hundred rocks and sticks into the lake. A small campfire will follow in the late afternoon/early evening.
Cuisine to include cheeseburgers, chips, and green salad, S'Mores for dessert, and link sausage + "panny cakes" for breakfast on Sunday.
While I don't figure to so much as lock the front hubs on the old Superduty, it should be a memorable couple of days and 1 night. We want to ease him into this gently to best assure he'll want to go again soon. We have our eyes on bringing the little fellow on a long weekend camped directly on the bank of the French Broad River at Hot Springs, NC, provided he "takes" to the experience on Saturday afternoon/night/Sunday morning. And if he "takes" to that, he'll be headed to Montana by the time he's 5 years old
Trip report with pics to follow.
Foy