Color Challenge: Thursday Green - camping 📷

This is a picture from my first camping trip with the wife and kids. We went to Yogi in the Smokies and it was a good short trip. The biggest issue we had was the trip back, as the kids were still a bit too young to make the entire journey without issues. The camping portion went better than expected, even if the wife swears she heard big foot in the middle of the night.

When I was growing up, we would take at least one camping trip each summer. A few times, we would camp out near Six Flags Mid-America or King's Island. With six kids, going to a hotel room was not an option and frankly, I think we enjoyed camping and the trips to the places we went. My dad had purchased an army surplus canvas tent. I believe it was a 12 man tent. When it sat in the back of our green Dodge Sportsman Van, it was a huge pile of canvas. We had cots that would stack up, to save more tent floor space. It truly was an experience that I doubt I could repeat today with modern tents and supplies. Something about the smell of a canvas tent is reassuring and relaxing to me. When I was a Boy Scout, at the summer camps, we would stay in large army canvas tents with steel bunk beds, but it still wasn't really the same as the family tent.

I hope to do more camping with the family, but North Cackalacky summers are hot and humid, even in the mountains. This means we have to limit our camping to fall or late spring. Either way, I look forward to our next camping trip, where ever that may be.

Camera: Canon Power Shot SX700 HS

Today's 'Color Challenge for Steemians' as presented by @kalemandra.

Today's 'Color Challenge for Steemians'

MondayRed
TuesdayOrange
WednesdayYellow
#ThursdayGreen
FridaySkyblue
SaturdayIndigo
SundayPurple

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