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Simbarashe's first backpacking trip!

My 5-year-old nephew Simbarashe's first ever backpacking overnight trip. Harriman State Park. We bushwhacked, half the time w/o a trail, for two days.

       
    
    
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Simbarashe checking how it feels to sleep on a hard surface
1 Simbarashe checking how it feels to …
 
Everyone's sleeping still. I'm out to buy ingredients for breakfast.
2 Everyone's sleeping still. I'm out …
 
Sasha sleeping...
3 Sasha sleeping...
 
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Palisades overlook on the way up to Harriman
5 Palisades overlook on the way up to …
 
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Simbarashe filling 'er up
8 Simbarashe filling 'er up
 
All ready to go. Backpacks on.
9 All ready to go. Backpacks on.
 
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Simbarashe learning to take pictures... Still needs some practice!
16 Simbarashe learning to take pictures…
 
...and still a little more practice!
17 ...and still a little more practice!
 
Much better, Simbarashe!
18 Much better, Simbarashe!
 
In the tent.
19 In the tent.
 
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Next morning -- gorgeous again!
26 Next morning -- gorgeous again!
 
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Abandoned iron mine tunnel
31 Abandoned iron mine tunnel
 
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Showing Simbarashe how to use the stove
34 Showing Simbarashe how to use the st…
 
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Sunset. Time to get going again.
36 Sunset. Time to get going again.
 
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Lake Skannatati after sunset
39 Lake Skannatati after sunset
 
At a bar in Sloatsburg, NY
40 At a bar in Sloatsburg, NY
 
Officially Simbarashe's first time in a bar...
41 Officially Simbarashe's first time i…
 
...which, naturally, had to be commemorated -- by ringing the bell
42 ...which, naturally, had to be comme…