Mason Station: Seward Camping and more

The night before our kayaking trip we drove down to Seward and camped overnight with the kids. We have never taken them tent camping before, and we were a little concerned how well they would do sleeping in a tent with no movie to put them to sleep.

We ate dinner and played out by the fire for a little while before bedtime.
The kids had lots of fun and enjoyed their hot dogs and marshmallows.

When it was time for bed, we put them down, said goodnight and didn't hear a sound from them until morning. It was amazingly easy.

I guess we should spend more time in the "great outdoors" before bed.

I on the other hand, could not sleep, at all. I spent half the night trying desperately to sleep and the other half tyring to read my book by the light of my cell phone. I was very glad when 5:30 rolled around and I could get up and get ready for the day.

Jessica, Jared, Grandpa and Auntie Jamie took care of the boys for us while we went on our kayaking trip. After we finished we met them at the park.

The boys had a blast playing on this amazing playground. If you haven't had the chance to go to this park while in Seward, you are missing out. It is great!

After packing up our camp and getting some lunch we decided to hike to Exit Glacier. It was lots of fun, even though we had to carry the kids half the time. They aren't great at long walks yet.

We even crossed the little river to see the glacier close up. When you get that close, it gets windy and cold but it's worth the extra walk.

Here the kids were trying to catch drips of, thousand year old, water on their tongues. Grandpa said they looked "like puppies trying to nurse from their momma". So cute, and funny to watch!