baby's first camping trip.

i went camping for the first time this weekend!

what it lacked:

- bear attacks
- peeing in bushes or holes in the ground
- rain


what it included:

- waterfalls
- bliss in various forms
- baby's first swollen knee

i'll just get right to it. i sort of fell down the side of a waterfall, unintentionally. there was a legitimate way down, mom. rocks. they were slippery. falling is never graceful or cool, but...that's a pretty great place to fall. it wasn't a sidewalk. i didn't trip over a tree root. i fell down the side of a waterfall. it's the second coolest fall that i know about. it is second only to the time my friend fell down the steps to what is believed to be the tomb of Christ Himself.

i didn't enjoy having my knee swell to the size of three knees, but i did enjoy all the...

time to read. time to hike. time to dangle my feet in water. time with nice people. time to think, and listen, and rest.

laughter, sunshine, shade, tents, crickets, lightning bugs, deer, alphabetical listing of denominations, campfire, campfire music, and overzealous patrol cars.

and i would like to go back.