Yes, Dear Reader, I’m at it again– but this will be my last plug for the Great American Backyard Campout that the National Wildlife Federation sponsors. It’s this Saturday, the 27th– it’ll be majorly HOT here in the beautiful lowcountry of South Carolina, but we’re going for it, anyway! This is also Watermelon Seed-Spitting Week (I kid you not), so we’ll have a contest, and the 3rd annual Pollinators’ Week, so we’ll be on the lookout for bees, butterflies, various birds, and, at night, moths and bats. We may even make a bat house if I can get my ducks in a row and get the materials together in time.
Other than that, my son is going to put together a short compass course that will lead to the pool, where we’ll be spending most of the day, undoubtedly. We’re also going to run extension cords out to the tents and use our regular fans all night so there’s a chance we’ll get some sleep in the hot, mosquito-y mugginess. We were trying to get my sister- and brother-in-law to stay over, but they’re wussing out– loaning us their kids, though! Hopefully they’ll get excited enough about camping to talk their parents into trying it for once.
Oh, and yes, I haven’t forgotten that I’ll be testing The Bugpatch insect repellent transdermal patch again. I really do think they were good protection from mosquitoes when we camped last, but they did NOT impress the horseflies and deerflies. But, since mosquitoes and no-see-ems are all I’ll have to deal with in my backyard, this should be a good test for it’s effectiveness against them. What I do for my readers!
So, those are our plans for tent camping in the backyard this Saturday. Hopefully a lot of y’all will pitch your tents, too, and gather family and friends for the ultimate staycation!
