Through the Seasons

Campsite Living

Okay, so campsite living hasn’t been nearly as bad as I feared.

At first it was extremely hard because we were in tents and they aren’t all that secure against critters. They were also cold at the time (now that wouldn’t be a problem – the weather has warmed up A LOT). Being sick during that time didn’t help either.

Then we moved to a banda where we stayed with another couple. That made things much better because we had our own bathroom so no more going outside with the “wildlife” in the middle of the night. Being sick caused challenges with that one too but overall it wasn’t so bad.

Now though we’re in a banda next to the river. A breeze comes through during the day to keep it from getting too hot for us. We have a bathroom and a kitchen. A stocked kitchen thanks to care packages!! Of course we can’t really make all of our own meals but we have a lot more flexibility with food than we did before. I actually don’t mind being there in the banda now. The only challenge we still have is the food they serve us just because 4 months is a long time to be eating the same things. And so many things have onions and bell peppers that I end up picking through things a lot and sometimes just opt out all together. I can handle those things every once in a while but not at every meal day after day for months. It just gets kind of old. I’m excited to be in our own home making our own meals. Those will also be repetitive but they’ll be ours.

The banda we’re in is nice and shaded too and in those trees there are tons of birds. There’s even a hawk nesting in one right next to us. One night coming back from dinner we saw an owl hovering just outside. We’ve had a lot of fun checking everything out. And it’s just a nice place to relax, read, study, and make egg salad, mac&cheese, grits, or PBJ. We feel the most settled now that we have since arriving.