Felix's "Birthday" Camping Trip

I know these posts are a bit old and out of order, but I wanted to put them on anyways! I planned a great camping trip for Felix's birthday in July of last year- unfortunately, he hates to camp! I promised him we would have a good time and I would do all the dirty work- I even got us a campground that had bathrooms and showers. However I didnt do such a great job researching, because while we had a "water" site on the river, we were also surrounded on all 3 sides not by trees, but big RV's. It was not secluded at all, and there was no privacy from site to site.

One of the highlights of our trip was renting a canoe and paddling down the river. It was fun in the beginning..... but then while we were taking a nice quiet break on a little island in the river, we saw a woman get pulled into the strong rapids and get thrown out of her kayak. She was trying to save the kayak but the waters were too strong. My superhero lifeguard Felix took off across the mini island, launched into the water and grabbed hold of the kayak. The rapids were so strong they almost pulled the kayak down the river, got a strong hold of Felix's shorts..... and even knocked him over! Eventually he was able to flip the kayak over and return it safely to the woman. The whole adventure was extremely exhausting. However, I managed to leave Matti safely in our canoe and snap some pictures of my little hero! Who knew he would be mad that I was taking pictures instead of rushing over to help!

here is Felix trying to save the kayak. the waters were so strong they actually knocked him over!



just incase little Matti fell out of the canoe- we took all safety precautions and suited him up with his very own life jacket.

Well, by this time Felix was just about ready to be done with the whole canoeing thing! As you all know, I am not the most skilled athlete around and I kept getting us stuck on the rocks with my fabulous paddling skills.

But would you believe that after all this, he is still willing to try camping again!???!!!! I promised him a quiet, private, secluded site for the next time.