We were wandering about BJ’s yesterday when we ran into the miniature tents on the display rack for the tent sales. An idea occurred to me - I suggested to Berta that we take a tent to visit your aunt’s cabin in the poconos. Abby would surely like sleeping outside, it would be a nice little adventure for the three of us, and would surely be better than vieing for space in her aunt’s little cabin with the rest of Berta’s sisters.
So we walked over to Dick’s Sporting Goods (since the tents at BJ’s all stunk) and looked around over there. They had a kit that included a tent, 2 sleeping bags, 2 folding chairs, a lantern, and some other junk all stuffed into a large Rubbermaid-like tub. That was $200. In an effort to get exactly what we wanted and save a little cash, we decided to get everything separately instead.
We got a cool little 3-person tent, with the idea that the kids will be small for a little while yet. We picked up a couple of sleeping bags for the girls (since I already have one), and one of those queen-sized inflatable mattresses - one that will fit inside of the tent.
I guess we’re pretty much set to go. We should probably set up the tent in the back yard just to shake it out a little and see how everything works before we get out there and there’s a missing part or something. Seems wise. Tonight might be good for that, but there is still the lingering issue of obtaining Jen’s birthday gift, which we still haven’t managed to do even after all of this shopping.
