SkyPark Adventures!

Tag: family camp

  • Family Camp

    This year we attend family camp at the end of summer instead of the beginning. Skylar and Parker had tons of fun and lots of mom and dad time. Parker even tried out his first ‘thrill’ experience – going up to the first platform on the tower of fear, and daring to free fall with the gaint swing.

    Skylar continued her independence and went up the zip line (over 80 feet high) all by herself while Parker and I were practicing archery! But the best time was at the bay. Sunday, we hit low tide at the perfect point and had a nice breeze to whip up some waves. We kayaked out about 200 feet from shore and found ourselves beached, ankle deep on a sand bar.

    Other families were parked there and the kids had fun fighting the waves. On our way home we stopped by a giant pumpkin farm. What do they feed those things?!?!

  • Family Camp Activities

    On our second day we hit up the bay and took out a couple paddle boards.  Skylar promptly boarded and set sail for the turn around point – about 150 yards from shore.  She stood and paddled straight for it until I could catch her and reel her back in.  She made it about 130 yards out, and wanted to keep going, but as you can see from the pics, she got a pretty good workout.

    One of Parker’s favorite activities was the shooting range.  He kept asking if we shot the ‘monsters’ and ‘bad guys’.  I’m pretty sure we shot all of them – and we exploded a mug!

  • Family Camp

    Family Camp was a blast and exactly like what you would expect: breakfast promptly at 8:00am, camp counselors, s’mores by the fire, dance night, kayaking, paddle boarding, zip lines, archery, shooting, etc.

    We all had a lot of fun, and will be coming back as regulars year after year.  Skylar’s favorite activity was the zip line (no surprise there).  She giggled with delight as butterfly’s swirled in our stomachs as we waited for our turn to go – 80 feet up in the air.

    Parker really took to the water.  A few months ago he loved to wear a floaty and play with me in the water, but big man has graduated to full-on swimming.  After wearing a life jacket for a few minutes he promptly took it and prepared to dive into the deep end.

    I recommended that we head to the shallow end of the pool where Daddy could touch.  The rest of the time he dove into the water, swam a few feet, came up for air, and then rinse and repeat.