Camping, frogs and friends

One of the many good things about living here is that when the winter season comes it is FANTASTIC for camping. Because of needing water while camping one always has to do car camping here but we've gotten used to it and have our system down and really enjoy it.

Our two kids and house-helper are also avid campers which makes it all the MORE fun!

We went to a previous campsite that is close to home and it was desolate for the first day and then the second day a HUGE family of 5 white toyota SUVs pulled up next to us for a long lunch. sigh. THEN we went down to the water's edge and ran into some frogs...and then a friend and their ENTIRE family. One of the daughters used to be in Layla's class but had moved and I hadn't yet visited her mom to find out what was going on! So we hung out with them near the water and it was a great time. You've actually read about this family before here and here. They were super interested in our camping gear and set up walked back to our campsite to take a look and see us cooking hobo meals (= So fun.

Both of those are great links...the second one is that crazy one about playdates here!

Anyway - see below for pictures of our camping!

This is just about 30 mins from our house!

We've seen this little door in the mountainside for years but only just hiked up to it today!

Not sure why all the clothing is thrown out in front....I think the place was a store room.

Playing together in the morning...we are BLESSED with kids who like to sleep in and snuggle!!

grr..won't change orientation for some reason....but it is the kids flying kites.

you can see behind us some of the kids from the family we were hanging out with. Always hard to take photos with locals!

Behind Layla is the date farm and banana tree farm further beyond that. A great place to roam around!

This little man was Layla's same age and SUPER friendly. His mom is the one I knew the least but she is a forensic scientist in a crime lab!

snuggling in Azeb's tent. She sleeps in tom's one-man tent.