SuperDuck
Songster
So my duck-sitter bailed a day before our camping trip. My oldest son was supposed to watch our boys while we took the RV out for a few days with my youngest two kids. We had no options except bring the boys or cancel the trip.
So we loaded the ducks up and went camping.
Camping? With ducks? They behaved better than the kids! There was a water spigot at our camp site and someone had left a hose. We hooked it up and turned it on low. Mud! Bugs! Water! Fun! They didn't even need to be penned up. As long as someone was around they were content on being real ducks.
Then we took them to the lake. Mind you, our pansy ducks have never been interested in the lake.. it's not warm, clear water that they've become accustomed to like at home. They ran at the sight of a small wave lapping at the shore. We had enough and forced one in.... and then the next. They had a blast! They swam around "Daddy" (my son), diving down and popping back up for what seemed like forever. When it was time to go, my son would put one up on shore but as soon as he turned for our other one, he would run back in the water. We laughed so hard watching my kid try to wrangle the clowns back to the truck.
And every night they would run to the red wagon to go for a walk. Let me rephrase that.... every night they would run to the red wagon and go for a ride around the campgrounds. They were thrilled just to be pulled around looking at so much cool stuff and meeting people because let's be real, a boy pulling a wagon of ducks through a campground is kind of a conversation starter.
At night they were tucked away inside the RV for bedtime. I was pretty stressed about taking two ducks camping but I don't think we will ever go without them again!
So we loaded the ducks up and went camping.
Camping? With ducks? They behaved better than the kids! There was a water spigot at our camp site and someone had left a hose. We hooked it up and turned it on low. Mud! Bugs! Water! Fun! They didn't even need to be penned up. As long as someone was around they were content on being real ducks.
Then we took them to the lake. Mind you, our pansy ducks have never been interested in the lake.. it's not warm, clear water that they've become accustomed to like at home. They ran at the sight of a small wave lapping at the shore. We had enough and forced one in.... and then the next. They had a blast! They swam around "Daddy" (my son), diving down and popping back up for what seemed like forever. When it was time to go, my son would put one up on shore but as soon as he turned for our other one, he would run back in the water. We laughed so hard watching my kid try to wrangle the clowns back to the truck.
And every night they would run to the red wagon to go for a walk. Let me rephrase that.... every night they would run to the red wagon and go for a ride around the campgrounds. They were thrilled just to be pulled around looking at so much cool stuff and meeting people because let's be real, a boy pulling a wagon of ducks through a campground is kind of a conversation starter.
At night they were tucked away inside the RV for bedtime. I was pretty stressed about taking two ducks camping but I don't think we will ever go without them again!
