Cam
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wonderland
Last weekend we took the boys to Wonderland. It was the annual OPG day so we got a deal on tickets and met a few people that we knew. We only lost Charlie for 3-4 minutes at the most so it was a pretty good day.
Cam
Cam
McRae Park
From my camping journal
McRae Provincial Park – May 29-31, site 165 – grassy, open and awesome!!!
Friday:
Arrived later than usual as Cam was on a training course at work and had to put in his time. We arrived at 6pm and shortly followed by the Monty’s. Very impressed with the sites as they are big, open and grassy. Not much for privacy but when there are 4 families on the 4 sites around you….it’s not a big deal. We fed the kiddies and put them to bed around 9ish – a little late for them and it showed….Charlie was wired up!!! Around 9:30pm he finally calmed down and went to sleep. We had some drinks by the fire and while most of went to bed around midnight – Cam and Alan stayed up until 1am! Crazy buggers! They had a great time chatting it up.
Saturday:
Calling for thunderstorms off and on all day. We had beautiful sunshine and heat all day. It was fabulous. The first time my skin has seen sunlight since February and the other ladies were lapping it up too. We all got pretty burnt but it wasn’t too bad because it felt so good and honestly, we didn’t know we were getting burned. The kids had a great time at the beach for about an hour and then all day they were running around and playing while the adults vegged out and watched the babies play under the shelter. It was a great day and it managed to convince Jacky that it is okay to go camping. Her rather frightening experience last time is slowly melting away. We started getting dinner ready around 5ish (after having some very yummy seafood chowder courtesy of Jacky – and yes, the tomato base was good Jill!). John and Marian had come to visit so they entertained the kids while supper was being prepared. Read: the kids were in the back of the pick up truck (the bed) and John was teasing them all – but they LOVED it! As soon as dinner was ready the sky turned and the wind picked up! Oh crap….here comes the storm. Cam ate dinner and watched the boys while I frantically cleaned up the site for the impending storm. We (the guys and I) got everything cleaned up and then the heavens opened up. Derek, Ang and the kids all came to our camper while the boys had baths and they watched a DVD. We were planning on spending the evening inside watching the first game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs (yes, we had a tv!) but as soon as it was bedtime – magically, the sun came back out. It was perfect – we put the kids to bed and then we had a fire. It was pretty frosty after all that rain so by 11pm we were all in bed. It was a lovely fabulous day – the real reason we are addicted to camping!
Sunday:
Woke up to a cold and frosty day. The boys were awake around 7ish and Cam threw a movie on for them while I slept in until 8 – it was great! Sam had some breaky and then back to bed while Charlie (as per the norm) went to the Monty’s to eat his breakfast…LOL!!! We have to pack up today but we are not really in a hurry to get going. The weather turned for the worse and the wind picked up. We packed up and all of us were gone by 11am. We pumped out and drove to my parents house where Pat and Ted were visiting for the weekend. We saw them for about an hour and then we all headed out again. Going to Nana and Papa’s for supper…yummy!
Alicia
McRae Provincial Park – May 29-31, site 165 – grassy, open and awesome!!!
Friday:
Arrived later than usual as Cam was on a training course at work and had to put in his time. We arrived at 6pm and shortly followed by the Monty’s. Very impressed with the sites as they are big, open and grassy. Not much for privacy but when there are 4 families on the 4 sites around you….it’s not a big deal. We fed the kiddies and put them to bed around 9ish – a little late for them and it showed….Charlie was wired up!!! Around 9:30pm he finally calmed down and went to sleep. We had some drinks by the fire and while most of went to bed around midnight – Cam and Alan stayed up until 1am! Crazy buggers! They had a great time chatting it up.
Saturday:
Calling for thunderstorms off and on all day. We had beautiful sunshine and heat all day. It was fabulous. The first time my skin has seen sunlight since February and the other ladies were lapping it up too. We all got pretty burnt but it wasn’t too bad because it felt so good and honestly, we didn’t know we were getting burned. The kids had a great time at the beach for about an hour and then all day they were running around and playing while the adults vegged out and watched the babies play under the shelter. It was a great day and it managed to convince Jacky that it is okay to go camping. Her rather frightening experience last time is slowly melting away. We started getting dinner ready around 5ish (after having some very yummy seafood chowder courtesy of Jacky – and yes, the tomato base was good Jill!). John and Marian had come to visit so they entertained the kids while supper was being prepared. Read: the kids were in the back of the pick up truck (the bed) and John was teasing them all – but they LOVED it! As soon as dinner was ready the sky turned and the wind picked up! Oh crap….here comes the storm. Cam ate dinner and watched the boys while I frantically cleaned up the site for the impending storm. We (the guys and I) got everything cleaned up and then the heavens opened up. Derek, Ang and the kids all came to our camper while the boys had baths and they watched a DVD. We were planning on spending the evening inside watching the first game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs (yes, we had a tv!) but as soon as it was bedtime – magically, the sun came back out. It was perfect – we put the kids to bed and then we had a fire. It was pretty frosty after all that rain so by 11pm we were all in bed. It was a lovely fabulous day – the real reason we are addicted to camping!
Sunday:
Woke up to a cold and frosty day. The boys were awake around 7ish and Cam threw a movie on for them while I slept in until 8 – it was great! Sam had some breaky and then back to bed while Charlie (as per the norm) went to the Monty’s to eat his breakfast…LOL!!! We have to pack up today but we are not really in a hurry to get going. The weather turned for the worse and the wind picked up. We packed up and all of us were gone by 11am. We pumped out and drove to my parents house where Pat and Ted were visiting for the weekend. We saw them for about an hour and then we all headed out again. Going to Nana and Papa’s for supper…yummy!
Alicia
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