Fun in the Sun......Or not.

Last week Saturday, we kicked off the summer by going on our first camping trip of the year. We love going at this time of the year because the parks are fairly quiet - the public school system always has an extra week of school than us.

We enjoyed the last 5 days camping with my sister and her family. My parents came to visit us as well, and decided to stay in a hotel with a very large play area and pool. And so we stormed the hotel and took over the pool. Little did we know that we would actually be stormed out of the pool!!

And it's a good thing we enjoyed that because while eating lunch, it started to rain. And rain, and rain, and rain. And then it rained some more that night, the next day, and night, and then it got cool.

The next nice day was the day we left. And so not much time was spent building sand castles and swimming in the lake. But really, who needs a beach when you have so many other things to do, like biking with dad?

Who needs a beach when your cousins are around to explore mole holes?

Beach? Why, when there are puddles to play in near the campsite?

Why head to the beach when there are catfish to feed?

And a Visitor Center to explore?

Why waste time at the beach when you can find firewood abandoned by people who just couldn't handle the rain?

Really, what would you choose - the beach OR visiting friends that live on a goat farm?! I know what Lincoln would choose again. Keziah? Well, I'll let the pictures tell you what she thought:

For Keziah, I think she much preferred the beach this time. Good thing they had a trampoline to enjoy!

And lastly, why go to the beach when camping means TREATS!! Sure, you can eat treats at the beach, but I think you will agree that eating treats around the campfire is a whole lot less sandy :o)

And yet, despite all the fun we had away from the beach, we couldn't go home without hitting the beach at least once. We lasted all of 20 minutes - enough time to play in the sand a bit and even take a dip in the freezing lake (we heard the last bit of ice had finally melted the week before....).

While the rain didn't dampen our holiday, we do look forward to going camping again later this summer, with the hopes that we will see the sun a wee bit more than this time. But a fun time was still had by all!