We are just back from a weekend camping in Sonoma, near the Russian River. It was a beautiful weekend, but we are still not convinced of Fiona's suitability as a camping partner. This weekend it seems she has become afraid of the tent. So, not as much sleep as we would have liked but we made up for that with lots of fun. We picked grapes for homemade wine with friends and enjoyed canoeing at the lake and a swim there with Fiona. She got to touch some little fish caught by our friend Morgan. She threw frisbee for a very motivated border collie who didn't mind that the longest throw was only a couple of feet. As you can see by the photos, Fiona had a good time eating Cabernet Grapes... Merlot ones too, but we didn't take pictures there.
The drive home found us scrambling to find her a dummy (pacifier) we had two with us on the trip up and none with us on the trip home, We found that the Safeway in Novato is well stocked with her prefered type. She slept for a while after the dummy diversion, we drove home across the Golden Gate bridge and through San Francisco and down the coast, Fiona woke up in Half Moon Bay where Devon used his Daddy navigational Skills to find a wonderful park where we could take a break from the car.
Home again last night Fiona became the wonderful sleeper we know and love.
Our car loaded up and ready to go.
Fiona and Louise in the vines.
Riding ont he "tractor" picking up the bins of grapes.
Sneaking another grape...
1 comment:
Yeah my kids turned me right off camping - that tent business - forget it!! Once Ben and I took time to camp alone for a weekend when Charlotte was around Fiona's age now. We made the tent mid-morning, got in it for a nap and slept til it was dark!!! We took Charlotte camping at Woodford when she was two, and between us we made a very nice 'H' shape in the tent all night!! hehehehehe xxxxx
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