Happy Camper

We decided it was finally time to do the camping thing with Isaac.  Last summer, he was about 15 months mid-summer, and I just wasn't ready to do the overnight thing with a babe that young.  I know people do it with kids much younger than that, but I just felt like it would be more stress than fun.  Soooo...since Isaac turned 2 last month and he loves loves LOVES being outside, we decided to give it a go.
And the verdict is:  SUCCESS!  We went down between the Capital Reef and Escalante area.  We hiked near the Escalante River and at Calf Creek Falls.  It was FABULOUS!  The weather was beautiful, and Isaac loved it.  He was happy, adventurous, and of COURSE, full of mischief.
We slept in a tent, and he thought it was hilarious that the dogs had a bed in the tent, with their own sweaters and sleeping bag, too.  Dave built up the trip by telling Isaac we would be going on a big adventure.  The whole time, Isaac referred to everything we did as an adventure "hiking adventure, river adventure, rock adventure, campfire adventure."  It was pretty adorable.
Isaac found some dried up animal poop while we were exploring and he picked it up and asked "what's this?"  I wanted him to put it down so I said "Isaac, that's a guys poop!  Hurry, put it down, let's go wash your hands!"  He threw it down, we washed his hands, and for the rest of the trip he kept saying "I picked up that guys poop!  Over there! (it was a few yards from our campsite)  EW, GROSS!!!  Let's wash hands, mom, hurry!"  We've been back for a few days, and he's still talking about it. ha!
Dave and I had a great time, too.  It was nice to be down in Southern Utah again.  We hadn't been down since I was just pregnant with Isaac - almost three years ago.  I hadn't hiked Calf Creek Falls since I was 19, with Julie, Holli and some Amish guy.  Na, he wasn't Amish, but he had an Amish accent, right girls? Anyway...that trip is another story.