Recently we spent two fairly “unplugged” days up north at my parents’ cabin. It wasn’t nearly enough. I confess I did have Internet access and a DVD player. But I spent much of the time painting rocks with my daughter, hiking with both kids and reading a book. My kids spent more time than usual playing with toys.
And they never touched the Wii we brought.
I just read about a summer camp in northern Arizona and it brought back memories.
Growing up I got the opportunity to attend weeklong, summer escapes with Girl Scouts and church. No television. No movies.
I remember songs by the camp fire, hikes through the creek and a smore or two.
I don’t know how it’s already the second week of June. My son is in camp here in town, but even there he has access to computers and the Internet. My daughter brought her favorite VHS tape to her daycare/summer camp this week.
One summer, I’d like to completely disconnect. I wonder what the kids would do (what? No Lego.com?). I would still have a CD player (I don’t play the guitar) because music is always a nice background to anything.
A few months back I saw a TV program about a family that spent years sailing. They actually lived on a boat. And nope, they had no television or computer.
If nothing else, summer reminds us that sometimes the best day is one doing not much of anything.

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