Campfire.

FINALLY! Adam and I go camping every summer. I don't think we can go one summer without camping somewhere. I think a big part of the fun, for me at least, is the food. I love camping food. Maybe because I grew up on meat and potatoes or maybe because gluten can easily be avoided (as opposed to traveling where being gluten free is extremely difficult). Here are some photos from last summer's adventure:

GAH! Adam with no hair!!

Last summer, I think I read three books in two days. That was pretty memorable because I read what became one of my favorite books (Johnathan Safron Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I also read Metamorphosis... I know, long over due...) This summer, I have Tana French's In the Woods and I may or may not try to actually get through Kerouac -- I think I have tried to read On the Road about 6 times, and I can never get farther than 20 pages. Maybe I should go to Barnes and Noble before our trek just so I have enough to read... But if that fails, I have My Life in France by Julia Child as a backup.

I love reading while camping because there are no distractions. No cats, no cell phone, no TV. I love reading any time, but camping is nice because you are outside and it is quiet (unlike reading in our yard... very loud). Bless my twee little heart...

We are going somewhere new this summer (we usually go to the same place)... Adam has never been there but my parents used to take us (brother, sister, and I) here when we were beh-behs. And it is gorgeous. And unlike the campgrounds we usually go to, this one actually has a body of water. I think you can fish in it but there is no swimming allowed (boo).