Tuesday, April 26, 2016

RVing with Kid: Shakedown Trip

This past weekend's two-night trip to the state park was designed in part to identify issues with Clark, traveling with our cat (see previous post), and living the RV life. One of our big questions: will Sam, our opinionated, technology-loving nine year old, get bored? Will he want to spend all of his time holed up in his bunk, playing Angry Birds and wishing his parents could be more normal?

As soon as we arrived at the campground and set up our rig, Sam brought out his bird guide, sketch pad, and colored pencils, took them out to the picnic table, and started drawing.


The next day, we woke up and went on a hike... and miracle of miracles, the kid did not complain once. He just walked. 


Maybe he was just too transfixed by his surroundings to complain. 


Doesn't hurt when your hike leads you to an awesome playground and a wide open field.



Then I needed (more) coffee, so we went into town for a snack and silly conversations (I can't recall exactly, but the discussion here probably revolved around poop jokes).


And yes, Angry Birds did make an appearance - albeit a relatively brief one. 


Verdict: we think he'll be okay.

2 comments:

hhcolorado said...

You've probably already addressed this but will you be using an online homeschool curriculum?

LFF2 said...

We'll be using sort of a hodgepodge of homeschooling curricula. These include Story of the World (for social studies), Life of Fred (for math), and some basic grammar books. He likes to read, and I plan to have him journal. We'll use the places we visit and experience as additional learning opportunities.