This is how we camp.

We've been promising Clark we'd do a camping trip all summer, and last weekend it seemed like it would be just hot enough and just cold enough.

That's our 15-foot tent, which Rhonda and I bought, like, seven years ago. This was its first usage.

We went to Codorus State Park, a site we visited back in 2003. That time, we brought card games. This time, we brought Clark.

Here's how we do this. Big tent. Two air mattresses. Portable chairs and end table. Extension cable to run electric. Power strip. Lamp. Fans. iPhone loaded with some kids shows. External speakers.

And for the fire, we used one of those $3 fake logs you get at the grocery store.

Supper was a quick trip to a local Domino's. We did the s'mores thing, although I'd rather just eat the ingredients separately.

Codorus seems to be inside AT&T 3G (sometimes Edge), so that worked out well. Our chosen location was in the park's open field... at first I thought it would not be as cool since it was not under the tree canopy, but I think I now prefer the field because it gave us a surrounding bed of grass, not forest dirt. We could play frisbee barefoot.

We had a great view of the site Rhonda and I used seven years ago. There's a playground down in the nearby valley, as well as some nature trails that we enjoyed for about three minutes.

The weather was pretty much perfect, although I could have used some additional blankets. As usual for me, not a great night's sleep in the tent.

Thanks to our wonderful lamp, we stayed up reasonably late. Watched some Voltron, read some Harry Potter, played some DS. Put the iPhone on the charger and went to bed.

This was only a one night trip, but Clark really liked it and wants to stay several nights when we camp again. As long as there's electricity and 3G, I'm game.