Things To Do While Camping When It's Too Cold To Swim


Go on the Dunes Walk


Pose with your friends on top of a sand dune


Embrace your friend warmly on top of a sand dune


No wait, that's not what they're doing...


Okay, try to throw your friend OFF the sand dune


...then drop him


...and run away


Climb a tree. On a dune


Do bunny ears. On yourself. Because YOLO


Sit your ass down because Collette says to sit your ass down until someone takes your picture. Possibly related: climbing sand dunes is really freaking hard


Realize you have no idea where the path is and begin to feel like a pack of exiled Egyptians with no manna in sight


Find your way back to the parking lot with no small measure of relief and empty a good part of the dunes out of your shoes


Go to the movies


Photo bomb your daughter...


...repeatedly


Build sand castles


Spend quality time with a book and some popcorn


by a campfire


Play games

 
(Not me, to be clear. Trying to learn cribbage always makes me wonder why people don't read more)


Snuggle a dog. For companionship AND warmth


Have a tomahawk-throwing contest, because what could go wrong? (Angus started kicking dirt around saying "I need a mound")


Have a nap


Play volleyball without a net


Collapse in hilarity watching the "how many teenagers does it take to set up a volleyball net" game


Collapse in further hilarity upon realizing that, instead of volleyball, the teenagers are going to try to play badminton



...in very high winds


...which is really, really hard


Swim anyway

Comments

StephLove said…
Goodness, what a lot of people you were camping with. Looks like a good time.
August 25, 2014 at 4:19 AM
Julie Leclair said…
so fun! i missed not doing ANY camping this year.
August 25, 2014 at 5:40 AM
Nicole said…
It looks so fun! You are making camping look FUN who am I what is happening here?
August 25, 2014 at 7:12 AM
sasha said…
Stop it. You're making camping look fun. :p
August 25, 2014 at 8:22 AM
H Munro said…
We just got back from Sandbanks last night. We were there for the week! Would have been funny bumping into you.
August 25, 2014 at 10:24 AM
Maggie said…
"Trying to learn cribbage invariably makes me wonder why everyone doesn't just read more." Truer words have never been spoken. Husband and his step dad play whenever we are on family vacations and always try to get me to play with them. Nope. I've got a book right here. Now, if I could convince someone to play gin Rummy I'd be all over it.
August 25, 2014 at 11:13 AM
Hannah said…
I can't wait until my kids are just a little older and camping is more fun and less a slogging hellscape. This looks AWESOME.
August 28, 2014 at 5:26 PM
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