Attention tenting enthusiasts, we haven't completely traded in tenting for RVing. Our compromise when we bought the motorhome, was that we would still go camping in a tent as well as visit my families camp. The RV was not to be a replacement, but an addition. In order to ensure that we went tenting at least once this year, we put it on our bucket list. Summer hasn't even started, and we have already crossed this one off of our list. One of the ladies in our homeschool group set up a group camping trip for us at a local conservation area, the Tiffin Center. I like to frequent this park with the kids, so it was a treat to be able to spend a night there with their friends. The group camping site is where the tornado went through two years ago, and the effects are still very visible. Replanting efforts have been made, and every tree worth saving still bears a white "save me" mark. The trees that were cut down have all been removed, and their branches have been chipped, leaving an impressive 3 foot deep area in some places along the tornados path. We only spent one night there, which was just as well since the children have put holes in both of our large air mattresses by jumping on them, and we forgot our pillows. We had been camping in the RV prior to this trip, and decided to extend our stay by a night, meaning that we had to leave first thing in the morning, drive home, put the diapers in the wash, grab all of our tenting gear, switch everything else that was needed from the RV to the van and be on our way with in 2 hours, stopping at the grocery store on our way there. Hence the lack of pillows. Once there, we set up and moved our vehicles to the parking lot. There were four families total eleven children between all of us. We took turns cooking , cleaning and taking the tribe for walks and just hanging out. The children had a blast with their friends, mostly spending their time playing with dirt and water, making castles, streams and a big muddy mess. It's amazing how happy and at peace children are when they are in nature, surrounded by a "tribe" and able to enjoy simple things. Next stop, four nights at Darlington Provincial Park near Oshawa.