Saturday, July 23, 2011

33 km off the highway...

Our mission: to go on a roomie camping trip. Success? Eh....almost. We got there in one piece. It was a beautiful campsite: big clear lake, huge green trees, quiet neighbours...really, it had all the makings of a wonderful bonding/tanning/swimming experience.


See? Ain't that a purty sight!

And we even took full advantage of the nearby playground. Or at least, Linda and Joanne did.



But then (horror of horrors!) the campsite threw us lemons. And I mean buckets of them. It rained all night, which was about the worst thing that could happen to people in tents. Slightly leaky tents. And tents that were at a slightly lower elevation than the rest of the campground. At any rate, we woke up pretty much floating and unable to make a fire (which, as you might know, is the whole point of camping...to cook over the open flame).
But despite our dampened spirits (har har), we made the best lemonade we could. We set up a makeshift awning with a tarp, some rope, and some strategically arranged trees (which was entirely God's doing). Some friends had lent us a small propane camp stove so we were able to make coffee, eggs and bacon. And then we pretty much gave up. I wouldn't say that we're quitters, but really...there was no sign of the rain letting up and I know I wasn't about to try and sleep in soaking wet blankets. Despite the setbacks, we did have a great time...hopefully the next time we venture out, we'll borrow a holiday trailer.

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