As a mom of 4 boys, my boys love a show called Man vs. Wild. If anyone has never, ever seen this lovely totally boy show, its all about this guy that gets dropped in these super unfun places and has to survive. He usually only has a knife and a flint with him. All of my boys think the dude (whose real name is Bear, of all great adventure names!) is just about the coolest guy on the planet.
About 2 weeks ago an idea was planted for an all boy camping trip. My hubby and his best bud plus a couple of nephews. A total of 11 boy campers on their own. The adult men wanted an man vs. wild camping trip. They wanted to bring no food, just pocket knifes and fishing poles. They said they would hunt for their meals. *grunt, grunt*
Luckily for the husbands they have fabulously smart, intelligent, helpful wives that thought bringing food would actually be a good idea. They could look at that food as a plan B, just in case no squirrels were able to be hunted.
Yesterday the boys returned from this testosterone filled camping trip. There were so many stories, I’m not even sure which ones to share. But here are some of my favorites…
- Pooing in the middle of the bush, because sweet boy did not want to walk to the bathroom. He cleaned with sticks…..
- Breakfast consisted of eggs, bacon, sausage, hamburgers, and hot dogs.
- 36 sodas were drank in a couple of hours.
- And I know this one is a given, but there was no hygiene of any kind. No baths, deodorant, or tooth brushing. Just a whole lot of boys al naturale.
Truly, though, they had such a good time its crazy. And my best bud and I are pretty sure that the dads had an even better time than all of the kids put together! I am so thrilled that there are great men in the lives of all the these boys that they truly enjoy spending time with the kids. I know that my boys, will be better men with these strong men to look up to.
So here are some pictures of the stankiest camping trip ever!! All pictures are courtesy of Mr. O. 
(this last picture I stuck in, cause my hubby said this is the picture of their campsite after they had “cleaned up a little”. Hummmm……yeah…I wonder how nasty that bad boy was before the picture?)
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By: raquelamisto on June 23, 2008
at 6:43 pm
Oh my gosh — this is hilairous! Can I just say that my hubby is going to LOVE it when we have more boys!!!!
(Although I do have to admit to my own tomboyishness here… as a kid, one of my dreams was to take off with only a knife and flint/steel and survive for a few months alone in the wild. “My Side of the Mountain” was my fav book. Alas, my parents were of the mindset that a ten-year-old girl shouldn’t attempt such a feat on her own. Silly parents! :0)
Amber
By: skywardjourney on June 25, 2008
at 5:05 pm
Ugh. I hate the no-hygiene rule of camping. My hubs took our five year old on a father son campout. I packed soap for them and bribed my five year old to make his dad use it. Yeah, hubs found the soap before they left and left it at home.
By: Stephanie on June 28, 2008
at 4:03 am