Time in the Outdoors with Your Family

Camp is ready to walk right in!

Cooperating to create meals and activities, spending a bit of time of talking to one another, allows family members to get focused on their feelings toward one another and to take time to understand how the other people feel.   

The simple rituals of camp are great reference points for life.

What are the basics?

Food, clothing, shelter, communication, relaxation, these are the basics of life.

There is time for all of these in camp, without rushing off to find the next thing to distract you.

When was the last time you and your family spent a few days together?  For many families, it’s almost unheard of to do just that.  Yet the family is the most basic point of reference for us as people, and to build a strong foundation will pay off in the long run, as you find out who you are together, paying attention to each other, and to the relaxing feeling that you don’t have to be so complicated.

Life rushes by at a furious pace, with far too much information flooding our senses and insisting that we pay attention to this, or that, it’s so urgent.

But it isn’t really so important, just urgent.

Teaching your children to focus on what is important first will help them to be far more successful as people.  Getting out of the usual routine into a more basic frame of reference will give them invaluable new ways to look at and process information.

You can create memories together that will last all your lives, and the fine times you had in camp will be among the best times ever.

When kids see how basic things can really be, they get happy about it. 

Letting themselves relax a bit more and get into just hanging out just comes naturally to them, and they open up their personalities more to drink in the simple enjoyment that they feel.

The parents, meanwhile, have a chance to compare notes on life and parenting, and give one another support.  It builds strong friendships.  Everything about family life is made better by sharing time in the outdoors.

Come and visit!

                                  Here's the welcome video:

 
http://youtu.be/XmcVpeYVL3E/

Three ways to visit me:

www.bettyofbigsur.com  My web site, where you will find 

information and updates about events and my work,

www.etsy.com/shop/bettyofbigsur, a shop to showcase and sell 

examples of my art and fashion designs,

www.retreatcampchecklist.com, 

a checklist about camping retreats, to let you know what is here, and let me know what you would like to have, and to do, in Big Sur!  Fun, quick, instant feedback!