We spend a lot of time outdoors and absolutely love it. Whether it's planting flowers, playing on the swing set, fishing, swimming, washing the car, working show cattle, taking walks, riding four wheelers, ect: if the weather is reasonable we are outside. Brian and I both were raised in the same small town (about 100 yards from each other to be more exact ha). We grew up doing a lot of the same things outside so our love for it runs deep. Our idea of perfection would to be homesteaders in Alaska off of the grid with only our loved ones near to us. We are major nature lovers. We can't imagine raising kids any other way than to raise them outdoors.
Every year in April there's a gigging tournament in our town and it's a huge deal. Gigging is the sport of stabbing fish with a gig (typically a 3 pronged gig on a long pole). It's done after dark in a flat bottom boat with lights on the front. The light shines into the water so that the giggers can see the fish to stab them. People come from a lot of different places just to see the take off at the tournament. To explain it as quickly as possible, around 100 boats line up on the creek bank and when the flair goes off the boats all take off at once. It's quite the sight. Dangerous and stressful for this wifey but that whole week leading up to the 2 night tourney is a blast. We make shirts and rep for our team. Last year Brian and his partner got 2nd place out of all of those boats/teams. They have placed every year since they started doing the tournament which isn't surprising seeing how often they go gigging. They gig all year round and Brian has done it all of his life pretty much. He loves it. I actually enjoy it myself. So much so that I tore my ACL doing it a few years ago ha. No, I'm not kidding. Needless to say we spend a lot of time at the creek but during the spring and summer the sun sets later in the evenings which makes it a long night by the time that gigging is done and the fish are cooked. We all know that I'm a schedule kind of gal so late bedtimes aren't my thing. I usually leave the creek early and take the kids home which isn't ideal as often as Brian wants us to go with him. He has wanted a camper for years for this reason and because we love to camp. Yesterday we finally bought one. Our kids are so excited. We are taking it on it's first gigging/camping trip tonight. It's cute how happy Brian is about his newest prize. He went to Walmart all on his own and stocked up on groceries and new bedding just for the camper. He even bought a TV to hang in it so the kids can watch cartoons if they want. It cracks me up. He's like, "Cal you can take the crockpot and make everyone dinner down there. We could just live there all week of the tournament.". We go camping with friends when we go so we rotate who makes meals. Fish gets old after a few nights so we spice it up. Hog frys, gumbo, crock pot meals, grilling, ect. Having this camper will make it so much easier for us because before we borrowed one from family or slept in a tent.
Here's to camping and enjoying the wild life ha!
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