Physicists Camping

     Last weekend was the annual physicist camping trip. Take 8 physicists, add cabins, kids, a dog, and one lone artist/technology/entrepreneur spouse and put them in cabins in the Pennsylvania mountains for three or four days. It was a great success, where I define success as (1) no one was injured, (2) it only rained for part of one afternoon, and (3) no one got any ticks (so far as I know).

     One family brought an awesome straw/connector building set. 

Some of us snuck away for a hike. Many people didn't leave the cabin area, but even getting to the bathrooms was a quarter-mile hike, so you got plenty of exercise without effort.

The dog loved spending so much time outdoors. She also LOVED having the children around, because children drop a lot of food. The highlight of her weekend was a spilled bag of cheerios.

Like last year, we worked on crossword puzzles together. I accidentally picked an extremely difficult puzzle, with many puns. Even with most of the adults helping, it still took us four hours.

The campground is in a lovely area, surrounded by mountains and adjacent to a small lake.

The lake also had a beach. The beach was small, but had enough sand to keep an almost-four-year-old happy.

It was good to get away from technology (no cell phone signal or wifi) and great to see friends. Two families travel quite long distances to attend each year, and one family came in spite of having a one-year-old and a two-year-old. I feel lucky to call them all old friends.