camping, day four…

13 Monday Aug 2018

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last night we spent about an hour laying in the boat watching the Perseid Meteor shower… the boys gave up and went to bed after about an hour, but I watched for nearly three hours… some of them were amazing…

this morning the boys got up around 9:30, had cereal for breakfast, packed up snacks and then we headed over to the beach…

only the second time I’ve been in the water since Friday, lol… very refreshing…

back to the camper for lunch of peanut butter and raspberry jam sandwiches…

a relaxing afternoon of playing at the park and sitting around the campsite… much cooler than yesterday, which was a relief…

the daddy arrived and brought fresh supplies and we sat and read for a while… had a great supper of chicken, cooked cauliflower, gravy, raw cucumbers and carrots…

it rained for a few minutes as we did the dishes, but now we have a roaring fire going…

activity…

30 Wednesday Aug 2017

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all kinds of activity today…

a big fire kitty corner from our office… a colleague took the picture with the flames and a few seconds later I took the one with the smoke as they extinguished it…

my grandson picked me up at the office and we went and picked up a few slices of cake to take to my daughter…

treated to fish and chips for dinner and then home to finish the packing…

final treat of the night was a quick trip to Dairy Queen…

now off to bed… going to be a full day tomorrow;-)…

camping, day 10…

30 Saturday Jul 2016

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omg… about that noise the night before last… not nearly as bad as it seemed…

last night a group of young women in the campsite across from us were drinking when we arrived to set up… they continued throughout the night and at 4 am my daughter went over and asked them to turn off the music and quiet down… made me very nervous because these days you have no idea of what people might do in any circumstance…

they did settle down… but it certainly affected our night… did get to see the amazing Milky Way again, though…

took down our tent and went to the beach with the boat… met up with family and played with their toys…

jet ski…

four person tube…

at one point the sky got a bit serious with thunder and lightning…

pretty rough looking sky… didn’t stop the rides though…

there was a period of waiting and then we were able to get back on the water and have a bit more fun…

finally headed down the channel and took a few pictures of some cattails…

also caught this seagull having a nap…

tonight we have a large group around our fire… will have to be careful we don’t make too much noise…

we were lucky enough to get a spot for tonight as well, so we are enjoying this last night…

had popcorn made on the campfire… good, but delicious once it had salt and butter on it, lol…

camping, day 1…

21 Thursday Jul 2016

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woo hoo…

sitting around the campfire after dinner…

took a while because we had to prepare the cooking utensils…

first, we had to find the correct sticks… and then we had to sharpen them… and get the fire nice and high…

while that was going on, other people were testing out the hammock…

nothing like a smokie cooked on a stick over an open fire… delicious…

then we took an evening walk… the water was like glass at the beach…

dishes done, mosquitoes have won and we are in our tents ready for bed…

the wind is gently moving the leaves on the trees…

feels like we’ve been here for ages… great way to start our family vacation…

busy…

03 Saturday Oct 2015

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worn right out…

worked on a project first thing…

my daughter picked me up and we went to IKEA to purchase a table and chairs for their new house…

it is a housewarming, anniversary and Christmas gift…

rushed over to the other side of the city for a volleyball game…

had to get reacquainted with the rules, but enjoyed watching it… bonus was that they won this one…

stopped off for a few groceries after the game and picked up a basil plant… going to keep this one in the house… the ones that were on the deck didn’t do well with the frost last week…

had a lovely barbecued steak for dinner at the new table…