We spent the weekend camping up in the Santa Barbara mountains with friends. It was a hot weekend, but a fun one. Watching Ellie play all day long with her very best friends is so worth all the camping woes. She had a blast and since this time, I wasn’t camping alone with Ellie (like last time- my very first camping experience), it went much smoother. We played in the river, caught tiny frogs, made “flower potions” and the kids rode their bikes non stop while the parents tried to keep mosquitoes at bay and enjoyed a few adult beverages.