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Family Camping Trip

Posted on July 7, 2014July 7, 2014 by azwanderings

The photos do a far superior job of telling the story of our first family camping trip with our seven month old baby girl. In short, it far exceeded our expectations. Enjoy.

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Dirt roads and a dirty windshield
Baby girl
Baby girl
Mama and baby
Mama and baby
Hanging out
Hanging out while daddy rigs up
IBC
IBC Cream Soda
IBC2
IBC handoff
Dave Scadden Pontoon
Pontoon assembly 1
Dave Scadden Pontoon
Pontoon assembly 2
Dave Scadden Pontoon
Pontoon assembly 3
fly box
Decisions
Command Center
The command center
Crocs
Crocs
On the Lake
On the Lake
Dave Scadden Pontoon
Dave Scadden Pontoon
Dinner time
Dinner time
Someone stole daddy's sleeping bag
Someone stole daddy’s sleeping bag
3am
“It’s 3am. Want to hang out?”
Good morning
Good morning
Good morning2
“I slept well, how about you?”
Camplife
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16 thoughts on “Family Camping Trip”

  1. Colby says:
    July 7, 2014 at 3:53 pm

    Looks like a fun trip! No fish? where did you get that awesome AZ flag fishing hat?! I love it

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    1. azwanderings says:
      July 7, 2014 at 4:22 pm

      No fish Colby. I had a couple hours on the water, but no dice. The hat is from repyourwater.com. They’ve got a whole slew of states there. Take care.

      Ben

      Reply
  2. argosgirl says:
    July 7, 2014 at 6:04 pm

    Look at those smiles! Looks like she’s a pro at camping already.

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    1. azwanderings says:
      July 8, 2014 at 2:39 pm

      Thanks Rebecca. She handled it like a champ.

      Ben

      Reply
  3. Adam says:
    July 7, 2014 at 6:45 pm

    That’s awesome. We did that same thing this weekend. It was our first camping trip with our 6-month old son (we also have a 3 year old little girl and a couple of bird dogs). Ours was a limited success in that no one died, but I think I was the only one that didn’t cry at some point 🙂 Glad to see we’re not the only crazy ones willing to give it a shot!

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    1. azwanderings says:
      July 8, 2014 at 2:38 pm

      That’s awesome to hear Adam. It sure is a ton of work but worth it in the end.

      Ben

      Reply
  4. Mark Kautz says:
    July 7, 2014 at 7:56 pm

    That’s the way to do it, start them early. They will be campers for life. Might work with fishing too.

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    1. azwanderings says:
      July 8, 2014 at 2:38 pm

      That’s my plan Mark. Fingers crossed that it sticks.

      Ben

      Reply
  5. SWYD says:
    July 8, 2014 at 3:39 am

    Wow, this is priceless! Way to go documenting so well. Loved the 3am one lol.
    Kyle

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    1. azwanderings says:
      July 8, 2014 at 2:38 pm

      Thanks Kyle. The 3am wasn’t as funny at the time. Now looking back I can’t help but smile. Good times.

      Ben

      Reply
  6. David Pracht says:
    July 9, 2014 at 9:21 pm

    Looks like you’ve got a happy camper there. On my oldest son’s 1st camping trip, some 24 yrs ago, when he was 3 months old, we got to our camp site & we noticed the pacifier was gone. I had to walk back a mile before I found it, would have been a loooong weekend had I not found it. Keep up the good work!

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    1. azwanderings says:
      July 10, 2014 at 3:14 pm

      Thanks David. While camping with an infant we ended up with an much larger truck bed of gear. Comes with the territory I guess. Thanks for the kind words.

      Ben

      Reply
  7. Mike McLaughlin says:
    July 10, 2014 at 1:42 pm

    Nice. We started taking Matt camping at 6 months. We did pick up a tent trailer which was great for a warm dry place when the weather was foul. Great times filled with memories and a couple stories. I still chuckle when I think of how proud Matt was when he took his first crap in the woods. Not sure if your princess will feel the same. 🙂 Enjoy.

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    1. azwanderings says:
      July 10, 2014 at 3:15 pm

      Very cool Mike. That’s pretty funny. I’m not sure how I’m going to handle the bathroom thing. Sounds like a “mom job.” Take care.

      Ben

      Reply
  8. Peetso says:
    July 31, 2014 at 4:19 pm

    Good to see you getting out there with your youngin’ in tow.

    So many people seem to just hole up inside once they have a child.

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    1. azwanderings says:
      August 4, 2014 at 2:31 am

      Thanks man. It’s been a ton of fun so far. Looking forward to many more adventures with my ladies.

      Ben

      Reply

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