Scotland,Oban
September 10 2010
That’s right, that tent peg is a tooth brush. The other one is a tooth brush holder. We got in at 10pm the night before-walking the nearly 500 meters from the front of the trailer camp to our campsite. Set up in the rain and dark. We keep saying that this has to stop. I suppose we aren’t the only ones who would like to control the weather. As for the set up time, we have realized that most travel and budget travel in particular isn’t geared to children.
EasyJet one of Europe’s biggest discount airlines only travels at off peak times-early mornings and late in the evening. It is for us with 3 kids as hard to think about getting to an airplane at 5am, as it is to think of the wailing it would take to leave on the last plane at 11pm. This is just a reality check to the budget family adventurers. The thing we realized is we would rather take a night train than try to shuffle kids around past bed time. Plan your trips well. You may have to take hit on some connections just for the sake of your sanity.
As for the tent pegs- well I just couldn’t find them in the dark. While Kate went to take kids pee and brush teeth I improvised with the toothbrush holders. It was amazing that the ground was soft enough to place a peg almost 1inch in diameter with very little effort.
EasyJet one of Europe’s biggest discount airlines only travels at off peak times-early mornings and late in the evening. It is for us with 3 kids as hard to think about getting to an airplane at 5am, as it is to think of the wailing it would take to leave on the last plane at 11pm. This is just a reality check to the budget family adventurers. The thing we realized is we would rather take a night train than try to shuffle kids around past bed time. Plan your trips well. You may have to take hit on some connections just for the sake of your sanity.
As for the tent pegs- well I just couldn’t find them in the dark. While Kate went to take kids pee and brush teeth I improvised with the toothbrush holders. It was amazing that the ground was soft enough to place a peg almost 1inch in diameter with very little effort.
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