July 31- Aug 3
Friday:
We arrived at Buckslide from The Arnold’s cottage rental around 1ish – the boys were tired and cranky and it was nice and hot. The place was a dump! Cam was so upset that they expected us and our party to fit on two tiny sites. After giving into the fact that the kids needed to sleep we set up much to Cam’s chagrin. He talked to the guy running the place and told him that our party would need more sites. To keep the peace, they agreed. Once everyone got there and got set up the disappointment went away (the beers helped too). The place was nice besides our sites. The beach was big, sandy and great for the kids. There was a playground for them also. We had a fire and just relaxed.
Saturday:
The weatherman was calling for rain off and on all day so we had no expectations for the day. We went to the kid’s BBQ and hay wagon rides at 1pm with the kids. They all enjoyed the ride (expect for Charlie who was too tired and cranky to even try to go on). Donna, Grant, Ally, Scott and Andrew all came for a visit. We walked to the waterfalls after dinner and the kids were pretty impressed…as were the adults. We went earlier in the day as well and Avery almost lost her shoe down the rapid! Ang’s mom Barb came with her niece Grace from North Bay for a visit as well…the girls loved having an older girl there….Charlie and Isabelle still did their own thing! After that the kids had a sleep and we….well….relaxed…that’s what we are there to do! The boys played some horseshoes while the kids were sleeping…down by the water with the “nice view” (right Alan)! Once the kiddies got up we went to the beach. The water was cool but it was still great to see them enjoying themselves and playing in the sand. We did get some rain but it was short lived so we were happy about that. They were supposed to do fireworks that night but the wind was considered inclement and they didn’t do it!
Sunday:
Beautiful day! Happy that we don’t have to pack up to go home we take full advantage. Beach, beer and babies….our typical weekend camping….I love this! It did up raining for about 15 minutes and that scared away Barb and Grace. When the kids went to sleep we decided to take on “The Beers of the World” tour which consists of sampling many beers from around the world. Needless to say…we got a little tipsy! It was a great time. We decided next camping trip will include Wines from around the world…better line up a babysitter! LOL!! The park said they were going to do fireworks that night so we kept the kids up as late as possible – but by 8:30 they were all in bed. Fireworks started at 9:15 and I very quietly went into Charlie’s room and he sat right up “Wha choo doin’ mommy?” I take him out and we go watch the fireworks. He was really impressed for about 5 minutes and then it was home to bed because he was so tired. He was happy to have seen him but I think he wasn’t awake when I went in! Oh well! Sunday after the fireworks…all hell broke loose! Ang, Jill and I had some more drinks and we got silly! It was hilarious! I think that is the most we have had to drink ever with each other….made for some very funny pictures and some funny stories that do not need to be captured in print…either words or pictures! Hopefully we remember our good times and the way we felt the next day and just leave it at that! LOL!!!
Monday:
Time to go home! L Sad day always. I was very slow to get moving so it was close to noon when we left that day. We (the women) were pretty sluggish and anti-social (or perhaps that was just me) but we said our goodbyes and headed out. Our next trip camping is Alexandria Bay but our next one all together will be the Labour day long weekend, also known as the weekend before I go back to work! YIKES!! Pictures to come soon….the camera is still in the camper parked at my parents place. The Evan’s clan were waiting for us when we arrived with the camper!
