Isn't Spring amazing? Especially if your winters are cold like ours in Idaho, there's nothing like the excitement of warming weather and life emerging from the winter freeze. One Sunday afternoon this Spring we spontaneously decided to camp in our back yard. It was all good until the sun went down and we realized we may have jumped the gun camping in a mesh summer tent through a 40-degree night.
Snuggled deep into our zero-degree sleeping bags, we were in absolute wonder at the symphony of frogs croaking throughout the night. We had never heard anything so pleasantly noisy and even took a video to try to capture the music. Added to that were coyotes howling and leaves rustling in the breeze throughout the night. The sounds of the outdoors are majestic! In our back yard that night, we felt like we were deep in the wilderness on a great big adventure... until the Monday morning commuter traffic started buzzing by our house.
One month later, the night low rose up to 50-degrees, totally doable, so we invited a couple of families to join us. We enjoyed hot dogs and s'mores over the campfire with friends, and a heavenly shower at home the very next morning :)
