All my son wanted for his 10th birthday party was to go camping with some friends. We chose the perfect spot, Starkey Park, where you have a choice of tent camping or renting a cabin for $15.00 a night. Hey, we’ve tent camped plenty of times, this time we’re going upscale. Each cabin can sleep 8, if you opt for the bunks; however, we brought our own air mattresses. I have to say, the cabins were so clean and roomy. Yes, it’s Florida, so it’s hot, there are bugs, and the racoons are just waiting for you to finish dinner so they can have your leftovers. At least there was some rain prior to our weekend, so we were able to have a small fire and roast marshmallows. Every year local businesses set up haunted houses in these cabins around Halloween and although I’d never dare go, my now 10 year old has been. As soon as it started getting dark, the memories of those haunted houses started creeping in and all we heard for hours was, “Can we go home now?” Sure, we’ll just pack these TWO CARLOADS of stuff back up real quick and head home. Not much could appease him, not the fact that there is a lock on the door, or that mom and dad are protecting him, even that the ranger drove by about every twenty minutes. All he could think of were visions of someone from the Jaycees in a Jason mask yielding a chainsaw. Ah, well, at least we scored our first two Geocaches! That was the best part of the trip. If your family is looking for something fun to do together and at least one of you in the family can figure out how to work a handheld GPS unit, we highly recommend it! http://www.geocaching.com
Happy Birthday Baby! Next year we’ll do a hotel!
