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We took Cooper for his first overnight camping adventure this weekend at Birch Bay. Our huge 2 room tent came in very handy and allowed Cooper to have his own room. We set-up the pack-n-play and extra sleeping bags to pad the crawling/play area on his side. He did really well sleeping both nights and was the first of the group to start the day with his standard 6:30 am wake-up.
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There was a state wide burn ban in effect, even though it poured rain each night. The Turner family saved the day and brought a propane fire-pit so that the smores tradition could live on (Mama’s favorite part of camping).
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Thank you Turner, Zimmardi, Conover and Johnson families for another fun camping trip! Full set of pictures from camping are here.