Camping

Hello,

We had a good time camping with Brian, Jen, and Sophia at Myre Big Island State Park in MN. Leroy and I arrived first so we did a bit of unloading and organizing. The call came that Sophia had thrown up, clean up was taking place, and they would continue as planned.

It seemed that it would be good to have a fire going. Leroy had purchased two bundles of firewood; we had matches, newspaper, and some egg cartons to get this fire going. It really was a difficult task since the sides of the fire pit were about 2-3 feet high with no air holes. Mostly we burned a lot of matches and produced a lot of smoke. When Brian came he was much more successful since he had brought some lumber from home that was very dry.

On their blog, Jen wrote a more exact description of their vomit adventures. Once at camp they were at least able to clean Sophia, clothes, car seat, and car. Leroy and I had come prepared with clothes line and what I thought was an excessive amount of clothes pins. All clothes pins were pushed into service.

After a night that seemed to have more awake time than sleeping time we had a nice day on Saturday with some time for walks, a long bike ride (long for the first ride of the season), games and popcorn.

Even though I was concerned about being warm enough in this cabin, it was just fine. Because of winter use it was well insulated with a space heater provided. It became necessary to turn down the heat. Blessings pushed down and running over!

It did not rain, the sun shown, and we saw pelicans sitting on the water. Later one glided in for a landing quite close to us. That was a treat.

Paula