I wrote about silence a few posts ago and I had the opportunity to experience such silence while roughing it out in the wilderness.

The family went on a 4 day , 3 night camping trip at Killbear Conservation Park. Its a 3 hr drive from where we live.

The place is beautiful. So much beautiful nature to take in. I took it though with so much delight and thankfulness.

Ahh, that feeling of peace and calm. Of relaxation and just unwary of the news and TV and Internet. It was a good change. Restful.

First day was spent setting up the camp , then exploring the Park of what it has to offer. Found the beach and felt the coolness of the water on our feet as we walked by the shore. “Tomorrow, we will return.”

Second day was full . We woke up to the sounds of chipmunks talking to each other. Whatever they were conversing about, it was definitely lively. We climbed some rocks, my two sweeties, played and swam by the beach while I lazed on the sand reading a book . Later that afternoon, we spent some time in the nature shop (which by the way, my daughter said she loved the most, she learned quite a few things about, animals and trees there). And further to that we also walked on a trail to the lighthouse. We found a beach close to this lighthouse and so took a bit of a dip and cooled ourselves. I laid again and watched the clouds makes shapes and was awakened shortly after I started to snore. yeah this quiet time of being aware of the surrounding an its vastness somehow lulls me to sleep. That night, we had a campfire and some roasted marshmallows.

The next day was awakened by thunder and torrent rainfall. It lasted for about 4 hrs. Hubby woke up and got out to put on a tarp over our tent (which we should have done when we first set up the tent) to prevent as from getting all soaked. My daughter woke up with an upset stomach. We decided to go to town to have breakfast. Later that morning, she threw up in the car and did not have any more energy to do anything else during the day. We stayed inside the tent playing some cards and fell asleep for the rest of the afternoon.

So the whole family took naps, I guess a much needed rest from the busy day yesterday.

The last day was spent packing and driving home.

Despite the third day being uneventful, it all turned out well. We had our much needed rest and we all had fun. And daughter is now well. She just needed a good rest.

We experienced the wild and we will definitely do it again.

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