What a wonderful day we had. Thanksgiving lunch at Mt Princeton Hot Springs then we swam and played all afternoon. Finally, we got our cabin at BV Overlook Campground and Lodging. We played in the rec center for hours with other children — air hockey, pool, bowling, darts, etc. I ordered dinner but the restaurant was closed! ( Even though the front desk assured me they were open). Fortunately, another family fed us more turkey and other food.
Then we had a fire outside the cabin. Elliot loved it and watching him explore fire was marvelous. He would take various twigs, light them in the camp fire, and marvel at it glowing. He knocked off glowing end into the sand and watched it glow, but exclaiming how incredible it is. I’m not sure why he was so fascinated and trying different experiments (throwing different things into the fire, like rocks, and asking what would happen) because we have lit many fires in the backyard.
This was his first time seeing matches. I showed him how they worked. He couldn’t believe it! The surprise and wonder…
After the fire, we went to sleep in the top bunk bed —- at Elliot’s insistence. He’s never slept in a bunk bed, let alone the top bunk bed, and was very excited for it. I didn’t think both of us would fit, but we did, and he said, “see daddy? We both are comfortable!” in the morning.
The movie of the last few days has been The Lion King. He’s never seen it. We listened to “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” on the radio for the next couple days dozens of times because he loves it.
So many firsts for him on this trip.
