Our family spent the past three nights camping along the Kern River! While camping can be a challenge with three small kids, we found a few ways to make it a bit easier - go with a group that eats dinner together, and the big one is have a trailer delivered to the campsite and set up before you arrive! Pulling into Camp James on Saturday evening, it was such a great sight seeing a trailer completely set up for our family, including electricity, water, and cable TV!! And it was very roomy for our family of five. A great way to start our adventure!! This was a camping trip put together by a friend of Steve's from the Bellflower area, and there were about 15 families on the trip. There were a number of kids, which made it extra fun for Faith and Shane!
Our campsite was directly on the little stream that runs through the campground, making it very scenic! It was nice to hear the water both of the stream and the river in the distance! Thankfully Olivia was interested enough in the water to check it out, but did not attempt to venture in the water! The other kids sure had fun walking across on logs and rocks, and of course fell in a number of times too!
One afternoon all the kids in our group took turns floating down the stream!
Shane receive the full service float as his raft had a string attached to it!
Both of the older kids brought their bikes, which proved to be a great idea! They would ride around the campground with other kids, and we enjoyed watching them do their laps and enjoy a bit of freedom! The campground was pretty small and gated, so it was a very safe place for the kids to roam a bit with their friends as they were never really too far away. Steve and I commented that it felt a bit like the "old days" as the kids would be off with friends most of the day and just check in when they needed something!
Monday afternoon there was a corn hole tournament and a horseshoe tournament. It was fun as all the adults gathered around to watch and participate. Olivia wasn't too happy that she was not able to throw any bean bags like all the adults playing corn hole!
Thankfully another family with small kids brought their teeter totter to the tournaments, which Olivia fully enjoyed!
She was also very excited to sit like the big kids at the table in the camper to eat her breakfast!
Passing through Bakersfield on the way to and from the camp, we could not resist a visit each way to our favorite ice cream place, Dewar's!! And Olivia has now added the words ice cream to her growing list of things that she says! It was a very nice trip, especially for a camping trip! We look forward to utilizing the trailer delivery service again some time!
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