We had a fun little camping trip with our neighbors this
weekend. It was brave of me to go
camping on Friday the 13th, especially when there were thunderstorms
in the forecast, but it turned out to be a great trip. We found a fabulous double spot in Willows
Campground. It was huge and right next
to the river. Perfect. It
sprinkled a few times here or there, but it didn’t start raining in earnest
until we were all packed up and heading home.
I’m hoping that my rain curse might finally be broken. For a 24 hour camping trip, we made lots of
memories. These are a few of the things
that made this trip memorable:
- The wildlife – a moose, a weasel (and the dead mouse it was carrying around), and a carnivorous bumble bee (Nate and Ben looked it up in my old insect and spider field guide and say that it was not a bee at all but a Sacken’s Bee Hunter or some other closely related robber fly)
- Ben cutting himself on the saw (twice) and whacking his shin on the sharp edge of a fallen tree during night games
- Making some quick alterations to Emily’s watershoes with a pocket knife (while they were on her feet)
- Claudy losing one of her favorite flip-flops in the river and me tearing a hole in my favorite swim shorts on the trailer door
- Nate rescuing Korbin from being swept down the river
- Nate rescuing Elise from being swept down the river (she had her life jacket on) – I’m glad that Elise has a scream that can be heard a mile away and I’m glad that Nate is calm and quick on his feet
- Playing sardines and kick-the-can (with glowsticks in a pop bottle)
- Maddie having a slumber party with the girls in our trailer and Ben having a slumber party with Korbin in the Eckardts’ trailer
- Abby being up all night with achy legs and then sleeping until 10:00; Nate being up all night with Abby
- Trying Ziploc bag omelets for breakfast
- The girls collecting bags full of horsetail to use as money
- Playing Pictionary, UNO, Mystery at Hogwarts, and Sequence
- Ben building a “kiddie pool” in the river
It was a good fun time!
2 comments:
It was a fun quick trip full of memories that's for sure! We had a blast. I'm noticing you're not in any of the pictures for this camping trip (don't get comfortable with that). I'll make sure to post plenty of pictures with you in them when I get to blogging about this trip. :)
Sounds like fun. It sounds like Nate was on hero duty!
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