The Adventures of Team Daniels: Glamping

Yay for summer shutdown! The first week of August many businesses in Korea get a week of vacation called summer shutdown. Usually the expats do foreign travel during this week, but, Covid. Instead we got to tag along with a fun group to go glamping!

We were not sure what to expect. The kids were pretty wary to go camping in a tent. When we arrived we were all pleasantly surprised. Beds, running water and a restroom, a sink, a fridge, and a dining table.

There was a nice view to boot.

Bonus: we got 'service' ramen! (That's what they call free, or 'on the house.')

Lots of fun activities were available.

DARTS

PLAY AREA

BBQing

TRAMPOLINE

GAMES

WALKING ALONG THE PIER

This sign says Rafael, the name of the glamping spot.

POOL TABLE

S'MORES

EATING

SWIMMING

LITTLE YELLOW FRENCH GUY

(That's not the exact translation of the game, but close enough.)

PORCH SWING

MORE EATING

MORE SWIMMING

MORE BBQing

MORE DARTS

BIKING

This photo was taken right before the mayhem started. We were riding on the pier and Daisy went through a tiny little water puddle. It happened to have a thin layer of slimy mud in it and her bike totally slipped and she wrecked. Thankfully she was not really hurt, but she was ready to go back. We decided not to tell her that her back side was full of mud until we got back to the campsite.

Abe and I were riding a tandem bike. Those are not as easy to ride as they look. When we got to the driveway we were putting the pedal to the metal because there was a steep hill with a slight curve. As we were rounding the curve a car was heading straight toward us. The bike was hard to control, and instead of turning to the right to avoid the car, we veered to the left and skidded across the asphalt and landed exactly in front of the car. We were sprawled all over the road inches away from his bumper. Praise the Lord that the man stopped because he would have driven right over both me and Abe. Daisy was behind us, watching what she thought was her parents' simultaneous death. She's pretty anxious about the little things; she totally freaked out thinking that both her parents were dying a violent death at the same time right in front of her eyes. This time her hysteria was justified. Our sweet friend Astrid was with us and I think she was absolutely shocked that she watched all 3 of us crash both bikes and nearly get killed. This picture is the aftermath of my bloody toe and Daisy's dirty back.

I am very embarrassed that I wrecked right in front of a car that seriously could have killed us. Plus I wore sandals (even though for a hot minute it crossed my mind that I was not wearing tennis shoes but I thought it wouldn't matter, because adults don't get in bicycle wrecks). Part of my toenail got ripped off and my knee was all scraped up. I saw it as a stupid tax. But my tandem partner got me all fixed up.

The next day we went for a walk on the same hill and I said we should look for blood. I was actually kidding, but we did find my toenail polish left on the ground.