Things I want to remember from camping:

• The smell of blueberry pancakes mixing with campfire smoke
• The sweet serenity of a doe, munching away
• Carpenter bees, male, inquisitive
• A dog running downhill after a ball
• The laughter of kids, swinging in their hammock
• Trying to light a fire, failing
• The sound of wind, whistling through my tent
• Thinking of you
• Being alone, worrying strangers with my silly independence
• Talking to the sweet, older couple at the knob
• Saying hi to a golden, tired from her hike
• My stubborn self refusing to pay for access to the beach
• The stars
• Doing nothing but reading
• Watching the ants
• Saying good morning to dozens of strangers
• Laughing at myself
• Dirt under my fingernails
• Wondering