I Did Ecstasy With My 14-Year-Old Son on a Camping Trip

A story about navigating by joy

Photo by Rick Lewis

“Nooooo!”

I heard the wail of my son’s protest behind me.

I was about to make a wrong turn off of the trail, but I didn’t realize it until my kid cried out with disappointment.

We were on the second half of our camping trip—cycling the Olympic Discovery Trail on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.

We’d covered about 30 miles a d…