You can read about the idea behind Nathaniel Day and the activities of previous months here, here, here, and here.
We decided that since this was the 6 month anniversary that we would do something a little bigger this month for Nathaniel Day. We decided to go camping as a family. Dave suggested Turkey Run State Park in Indiana. I hadn't been there before so I looked it up. It looked like fun and there were sites available during the week so we reserved a site for 3 nights.
We decided to leave our house some time on Tuesday so that we would have all day Wednesday to do fun things and not spend hours driving in the car. We got there about dinner time and were able to set up our tent before it got dark.
Wednesday was a beautiful day. We had a relaxing morning around the campground and then went over to the State Park to explore the trails. We visited the nature center to figure out which trails we wanted to go on and then hiked for most of the afternoon. We all had fun. Abby did a great job hiking. She only rode in the backpack for an hour at most.
Thursday we went swimming and then drove to Indianapolis to meet a friend at the Indianapolis Children's Museum. It happened to be free night that day. We played with boats and construction equipment and climbed and slid down lots of slides. We got some dinner on the way back and went to bed as soon as we got back. We were all tired out from all the fun.
Friday we packed up the site and then went over to the park for a little bit. We explored the lodge, played some games, did part of a jigsaw puzzle, and then went for a little hike before we needed to head home. The trip back was mostly uneventful. About halfway back Abby was really tired and was crying for quite a while because she wanted to go home and take a rest in her bed. There was no consoling her. She did eventually fall asleep in the car, but it took a long time. We got home about dinner time. Abby was so excited to see that "her girls" were outside. She played outside for a long time while we made dinner and unloaded the car.
We are still trying to unpack and put stuff away. We're not really in a hurry, but our house is a little filled with camping gear at the moment.
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