This past fall, I was legitimately determined to finally get my kids up to see the foliage where I grew up, as this is such a remarkable experience that I wanted to be sure that they saw it this year… Then it won’t be long before they are gone and this has been one of those strange things I’ve typically wanted to do together as a family.
I grew up outside of the central air conditioner as much as I possibly could, however any chance I had to go camping or get out in nature, I took it! So it’s truly sort of disheartening that my immediate family has certainly little desire to go camping at all… Every time I brought up even a weekend camping trip, I got groans all around.
Nobody wanted to leave the air conditioner or the wi-fi or the TV to go out and like what nature has to offer, but I started early in the Summer when it came to this leaf enjoying trip. And the more I talked about it, the more I realized this was something I was willing to negotiate over. And I knew it would come to that with these homebound people. So the trip with my family honestly did occur and it was a lovely week. But my wonderful friend and I stayed in campgrounds where there were toilets and showers and electricity. So I also agreed to bring along some space gas heating systems as my family was so worried that it would be chilly at night. It was also genuinely worth the compromise even when it came to the space gas heating systems because my wonderful friend and I had such a lovely time. And the leaves were absolutely perfect this past fall.