Lyrics: When things didn’t go quite as planned on a family vacation, David remembers his parents saying, "Just think of it as an adventure!"  The various situations in this song come from Jenny & David’s experience, both as kids or parents.  Maybe some of these things have happened to you, too!  David had a lot of fun arranging this song for brass quintet for the recording.

I went with my mom and dad, and my little sister
on a family camping trip.
We had just finished setting up our green canvas tent
when my sister said, "I felt a drip!"
    We all stared stupidly at the sky
    when suddenly it started to pour
    We jumped in our van and huddled there a while
    'till we finally drove to somewhere indoors.
We came back later when the sky had cleared
but where was our tent? - it had disappeared!
We all moaned and hung our heads
Then our dad’s face brightened, and he said:

(Chorus:)
Think of it as an adventure!
Whenever something goes wrong.
Think of it as an adventure!
You can cheer yourself up just by singing this song.

We decided to go for a family hike
on a trail out in the woods.
No matter how much bug spray we slathered on
the mosquitos thought we tasted good.
    We ran out of water, we ran out of gorp
    but we found a poison ivy patch.
    I yelled at my sister, she yelled back at me,
    and our parents kept saying, "don’t scratch!"
We walked and walked until our legs got sore
Us kids didn’t think we could take one step more.
We were tired and thirsty and our feet were in pain
Our mom turned to us and said "don’t complain!  Just...    

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Dad was in the driver’s seat, on our way home
He was looking for a hotel.
It was dark, he was tired, and we were searching for a place
that he didn’t know real well.
    He could see the exit, but he couldn’t find the way
    Even though it seemed so near.
    He even asked for directions, but the guy just said,
    "Oh, you can’t get there from here!"
He kept driving 'round in circles, but it didn’t help a bit
He said, "I’m so angry, I could spit!"
I looked at my sister, she looked back at me,
and we sang to our parents in harmony:            

(Chorus)

(Tag:)
Think of it as an adventure, think of it as an adventure
Don’t fret and don’t fear, and don’t shed a tear
just think of it as an adventure!