Backpacks Donated
Small Baggage For Little Things In A Big Man’s Place
I wrote a series of activities for me and my new born child to do as soon as he was born. The very first father-and-son activity we did was jogging. My son was on his stroller, curiosly watching everything while I was jogging. What I want to happen someday is that me and my son could go out jogging together. But big things start with small beginnings and a run is the apex of a jog that starts with a walk.
Junior is eight years old and I’m taking him hiking this week. This is going to be very exciting. My son cannot hide the fact that he too is excited as well. After I told him that we are going on a hiking trip he was so happy and started to pack things ready ahead of time. What he did was used his backpack and put inside some clothes. His excitement was quite amusing and I told him that we should go shopping together.
“But isn’t shopping for girls? Mommy and sister do it all the time,” my son scowled.
So I told him that we, men, could go shopping as well. Ten minutes later, we were down at the mall. It took us only 30 minutes to buy everything that we need. Girls would have taken all day.
At the end of the day, I was $500 dollars poorer but my son’s excitement for the impending weekend trip? Priceless. Do you want to know what I bought from the $500 that I had?
1. Backpacking backpack. In my opinion, the company that manufactures the most child-friendly backpacking backpacks is Osprey. What we purchased is an Osprey Jet Dayback with an eagle upfront, perfect for my little boy. We picked the color blue, as it is the general color for boys.
2. Hiking Boots. As much as Junior wanted to buy a blue pair of Hi-Tec Renegade Hiking Boots, there weren’t any. It was quite a relief because I haven’t seen a hiker wearing blue hiking shoes yet.
3. Tritan water bottle. We chose the color blue again.
4. Wiz Kids Headlamp in blue.
5. Vest. I told Junior a vest is not really practical and better to use it during fishing. My son ignores this advice. He said it’s where he’ll place his sandwiches and energy bars. Make sense, so I got it for him.
6. Then we picked up some cargo shorts. We didn’t choose a color blue this time.
7. Three shirts. We chose one with a long sleeve because junior wants to protect himself from sunlight. I didn’t think of that, the idea was all his.
8. A pair of Oakley. Oakley is not a cheap brand and I wanted something else, but my son told me that it is better to purchase a more expensive one because you can use it for a long time. It cost me around $250, constituting half of my overall purchased items. A pair of shades is as expensive as the other seven items combined.
After getting home we filled our backpacking backpack with everything we need to go hiking. We are going to carry our backpacks with us this weekend when we go out hiking. I’m really hoping that the weather is going to be good so that we can enjoy our bonding moment.
Over 500 Backpacks Donated In Modesto