We went camping over Spring Break. This is how we do it.
Next time, I am rolling up in a pimped out tent trailer, like everyone else.
xo
Tara
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We went camping over Spring Break. This is how we do it.
Next time, I am rolling up in a pimped out tent trailer, like everyone else.
xo
Tara
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Oh that looks fun! I want a tent trailer something fierce.
looks like so much fun!!!
Can I come?
Roughing it is rough, but OMGCINNAMONROLLS!! (Sorry, I’m OK now, I just had to squee over the cinnamon rolls…)
Those cinnamon rolls??? YUMMMMMM
I love all your sleepy little camper faces!!
But camping in a pimped out trailer, is not really camping!
LOVE! Love camping! Looks like you had FUN!
Hah! The grass is always greener….after 5 years in the RV, tent camping seems like a blast of an idea to me (specially if there’s cinnamon rolls in the picture!) We are happily settled into our ‘new’ life with real walls and doors in BC Canada (and jobs heaven forbid!). Harvey the RV lives in a nearby campsite ready for weekend getaways – but he’s vying for attention from the tent too now! – And tents fit better on the back of bikes after all! Still loving your photos – we’ll have to reserve a spot with you for our 10th wedding anniversary shots in 2 years time (I’m still clinging to the idea that I look the same as I did when you photographed us 3 years ago! – a girl can dream eh?!) Hope you’re keeping well Tara :-) Helen & Chris.x
Hah! The grass is always greener….after 5 years in the RV, tent camping seems like a blast of an idea to me (specially if there’s cinnamon rolls in the picture!) We are happily settled into our ‘new’ life with real walls and doors in BC Canada (and jobs heaven forbid!). Harvey the RV lives in a nearby campsite ready for weekend getaways – but he’s vying for attention from the tent too now! – And tents fit better on the back of bikes after all! Still loving your photos – we’ll have to reserve a spot with you for our 10th wedding anniversary shots in 2 years time (I’m still clinging to the idea that I look the same as I did when you photographed us 3 years ago! – a girl can dream eh?!) Hope you’re keeping well Tara :-) Helen & Chris.x
Ooopps – serves me right for doing 2 things at once – sorry for posting twice!
mike and i took our girls to san elijo last memorial day… i think we were one of two tents there! ;) those rv riggs look awfully tempting as we squeezed into our tiny tent.. but i wouldn’t trade it! tent campers unite! :) i am hoping we can find a few open dates for reservations this spring!
everyone has that “this is fun damn it, really” look on their faces. LOL. Your McKenna is changing…she looks more grown up!
looks like fun
We have a Westfalia VW camper van & a tent. We traveled thru Arizona w/4 of us in the van – for 1 1/2 weeks – cozy traveling/camping to say the least! Our house seemed HUGE when we returned home! More often than not we choose the tent now – especially since we have a queen size blow-up mattress & a/c in our car… Love, love, love, tent camping! Great camping pics you’ve shared—so true to life :).
awesome!!! What fun
Tent camped at San Clemente this last “spring break” week. Tons of fun, but SO MUCH WORK. Stayed next to our friends in an awesome RV. I have to admit I had RV envy…but we still had tons of fun. Treasure those memories.
Has Anna had the chop? It looks like it,if so I like it.Camping is hard work but such a priceless experience! Creating more family memories I see!
We were there last year and SUPPOSED to be there this year. We actually had reservations. 6 families all got on their computers Oct. 1st, the first day you can make reservations for April. I had two computers going. Every family got reservations except for 1. I even got the site I wanted (#52). We decided to hold on to see if eventually down the line there would maybe be a cancellation for family #6 but it didn’t happen. So, we all cancelled and went to Campland on the Bay. Did we like it? Sure, but it’s definitely not San Elijo. San Elijo is a photographer’s dream. I’m glad you guys had a good time!
We were thinking of camping next time we go to Carlsbad. Love these pictures! Are those swimmers or sea lions? And I see the “hobo pan”…
Buahaha. You look so unimpressed in that photo. For the record, I hate camping. Now if camping was like the resort we stayed at in Thailand I would camp full time. :)
Been there, done that, didn’t have fun.
Hmm camping isn’t really my thing, but cinnamon rolls, they are something else!!
this is funny funny stuff. those chairs with the hoods! ONLY IN AMERICA! (good idea, i want one!) xx
Epic! I’ve only once camped with our 4 kids. Something I always like the sound of -in theory- but I think I’d do my head in working out how to pack. It’s hard enough packing for 6 to go on vacation! Looks like you had a great time though.
Oh my dear! What are you doing with those cinnamon rolls in the pudgie-pie makers??? OOOOOHHHHH YUM!!! What fun memories!
I would not find joy or fun in camping, but seeing it through your lens, I want to live like it everyday. I love how you transform life to art.
Awesome! Looks like you guys had the exact spot we had! We were there just a month or so back and LOVED it. It was our first camping trip in our *new* 1985 Toyota Dolphin. :) Good times.
awesome! It’s so rare to find “tenters” LOL We have a tent that we refer to as the “Monster Tent” – its huge and sleeps all 8 of us with room to spare :P
Love the layout of all the 3 x 2’s. Great presentation.
With a fountain soda machine? LOL This looks so awesome. I am craving a camping trip and the beach would be so dreamy. Need to pick your brain about this location. Never heard of it and we camped at the beach all the time as a kid.
I love camping bc you realize all you need can be packed in a car. Simplicity. Though, the older I get I want one of those Air Stream trailers. And what is that in the pic 3rd down from the top, right hand side….a block of cheese? butter?
Hey tara…we LOVE this location and usually come and stay there! I TOTALLY recognize that fence and the missing link…so I think we stayed at the same plot or near it…funny. I totally agree with the tent trailer…especially with the gaggle of children we have! :) Hope you had a restful time…the last time we went I was stupid and brought my laptop…put the darn thing in a suitcase and hubs STEPPED on it and cracked the screen and ruined the DVD drive. Good memories. ha
the buns at the end are my favorite.
Ahhh Tara, perfect!
So of our favourite family memories have been made while we were camping. We are always excited to go for a week in our tents, but each time we come home we all want a trailer for next time! :)
Ok, I am dying right now! We were there too!!! I would have “freaked” if I saw you. Probably best, I didn’t. I would’ve scared you and embarrassed myself and my kids….and the best part is, I spent the day shooting photos…being the best “tara whitney” I could be! Thanks for always being awesome and inspiring!
I was looking at this post and my son (6) peered over my shoulder and said, “Hey! Are those cinnamon rolls?” Looks like fun. (Looks like it tasted good, too.)
Ha ha I soooooo hear you!!! We’re just back from 2 weeks camping around Oman and man, the times I wished for a trailer instead of a tent but then we’d have never got onto the deserted beaches we did – there are alwasy trade offs – you guys look far more organised than we were though!!
Ah, but a tent looks so much nicer in a photo.
I love all of these!! so fun to have these memories.
when you get your tent trailer, give me a call ;) Bob has all sorts of ideas on how to pimp it out!!! love…
i laughed at the hot wood! :)
those cinnamon rolls look downright evil! i would eat the whole tub!!!