Stage Four...happy campers

Stage Four: the real camping begins. We pitch our tents at Oh Be Joyful Falls on the Slate River. It was the perfect site. There was about 10 other campsites, all full without a banjo in the bunch. We found out that Oh Be Joyful Falls is like Shang gra la for kayakers. People come from all around the world to run the falls. After scaling a tree to cross the river and hiking up the side of a mountain we felt lucky to witness 3 of our fellow campers coming down. The boys were all duly impressed. My favorite part of camping was the campfire at night. Sitting around it with the boys, no TV, no video games or music, just conversation. Who knew we had so much to say?