Monday, June 1, 2020

New Norm on Month Three with Virtual Campin

It is hard to tell what is norm.  But on third month, we have some patterns established to live under the roof literally most of the time. We continue our hikes in low traffic areas and attended the Scouts National Campin event.

Boy Scouts of America arranged a "National Campin" event.  Renee and Max joined the event.  Even though we are just camping in the backyard, we tried to make it like the previous campout events, including preparing for the menu.
Renee and Max pulled the tent together all by themselves.
I happen to have the sawhorse with me.  So we set it up in the backyard and Max got a chance to practice.
In fact, I didn't touch my Van after the Scout Skills event was canceled at the beginning of the shelter-in-period.  So we have the axe and the wood for cutting practice.
BSA was streaming the program for the entire day.  We put the laptop inside the tent and watched a few of them.
Renee is quite experienced in cooking with the past camping events.  This time, Max joined and served as an assistant cook.
We sat next to the tent and ate the food that Renee and Max made.
This is another weekend when we went out for a five mile hike through a route I plotted through Danville.
Here is another weekend when we went out for a bike ride on the Iron Horse Trail.
We went to pick cherry in Brentwood.  The experience is quite different since we cannot eat them there and we didn't want to touch too many things.
On the last day of school, Renee and Max made the signs and took this picture.  The last two months of school are very strange.  We tried our best to keep them engaged but we still wonder how much they have missed out.