I had last week off work. Unfortunately MA had to work (as she said "somebody in this family has to work"). Was the boys last week of vacation before they went back to school.
Monday we went to play golf. Lessons I took a few weeks ago must have paid off as I shot even par (first time ever).
Monday afternoon was spent getting organized for our big camping trip, packing the car, buying groceries, getting kids clothes organized, etc.
Tuesday we were off. Our destination was a campground in the Endless Mountains region of NE Pennsylvania called Keen Lake.
Of course no visit to that part of the world is complete without a visit to Camel Beach (a water park) where we partook of all the usage rides (the wave pool, lazy river, and Nicholas' favorite the Swirling Vortex of Terror).
After picnic lunch we got up to camp ground around 5pm. Just enough time to put up the tent, have a big fight because we couldn't put up the covering for the picnic table (sorry Uncle Ron we ended up throwing it away as many of the poles were bent - we got 3 good years out of it), start a fire and cook dinner and have a few games of Go Fish before bed time.
Camp site was great, we were right on the lake and it was really peaceful at night.
For the first couple of days we were the only people there.
Days consisted of hiking, going for bike rides (sleeping if your name was Kieran), playing cards and board games and eating lots of tasty food cooked on the camp fire by Dad. Hobo Stew even made an appearance but I really need to get the recipe again from Uncle Ron.
MA took the plunge and came up on Saturday morning for her first ever camping holiday. The rule was to make sure she would enjoy it and want to come back she wasn't allowed do anything. She seemed to slip into that pretty easily!!!!
We had great weather the whole week. It only rained once, in the middle of the night, and the weekend was especially beautiful.
We took up the telescope we bought the boys last Christmas and spent many nights trying to figure out which star was which.
Packed up the camp and came back on Monday in time for the boys to start school on Tuesday (which they were thrilled about).
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