Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Sandbanks Provinical Park

When we go camping I write in a journal - since I had the computer with us I decided to type out adventures! Enjoy!

Sandbanks Provincial Park – Mother’s Day weekend May 8-10/09
Site 607 – very open but perfect when chilly outside!

Friday:
We arrived at 3:30pm to a beautiful warm day in Picton. Check-in was a breeze and the attendant informed us there was an alcohol ban – who knew? Of course – we decided to strictly adhere to the law and cracked a beer when we got on our site. Jim and Madison were already here and happily came over to greet us. Charlie and Madison quickly went off together exploring. Charlie is 2.5 years old now and Madison is 7. This was Sam’s first camping trip of his life at 7 months old and he did swimmingly. He loves extra attention (who wouldn’t) so he was happy that the kids were talking with him. Alan and Jill (plus kiddies – Hayley 5, Avery 3.5 and Matthew 11 months) arrived around 8ish. They got stuck in some wicked storms on the way and we were waiting for it to hit us. However – no rain! Good times!
Bruce Huxter and his family came around 5ish and set up their camp and their friends Lyle and Connie came too – along with Jamie and Nicole – plus everyone’s dogs! It was a great campfire that night. Lyle is a bit of a pyro and did the fire up Newfie style – minus the tires!
I started the “crying it out” method on Sam to get him to sleep through the night (he was still getting up once or twice a night to nurse) so we knew to expect a different schedule from him. He was up twice but only cried for about 10 minutes each time. Didn’t wake up Charlie so we were all pretty happy about that. Charlie was a champ and slept on the top bunk despite a little bit of protest.

Saturday:
We were weary of the weather all day – the forecast called for scattered showers and 20mm of rain. It thunder boomed and there was lightening and lots of rain but it didn’t put a damper on our day. The kids were playing all day outside – riding bikes, playing soccer, making dandelion soup. We had sun in between the rain and some wicked wind but we had a great time.
I went with Jill and the kids for a little walk around our loop and besides being a little bit tortuous, due to an over tired child, it was nice to walk around – have to keep that up! Sam had great naps and ate like a horse – the fresh air does that do us all. Nothing extremely out of the norm for our day – just hanging around, enjoying each other’s company and loving that the kids all played together (and nicely for the most part). The kiddies all had baths and watched a movie at our place while we wound down from the day of fresh air and “sunshine”. Everyone was knackered so by 9pm the Monty’s were all-asleep and by 10pm Cam was. I stayed up at the fire for another 1.5 hours, as I knew I would get to sleep-in in the morning because it was Mother’s Day.

Sunday:
Charlie set the alarm for 6am – so that is what time we got up! A little bit on the early side but Cam let me stay in bed until Sam needed to be fed at 7:30. I showered and got ready for breakfast while Sam slept. It’s chilly out today but not raining so packing up will not be a big issue. We will have breakfast – hang out for a little while and then pack up to go home. It is Mother’s Day so I think we are off to the Arnold’s for dinner. As always the camping was great and I’m so happy it is camping season again! Next weekend is the May long weekend and we are off to Emily!
Alicia






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