Well, the Trimbles planned, packed, and traveled toward another camping adventure this fall.
After laboriously choosing a site we all liked, we unloaded and began to put up the tents. Not very long into this process, David discovers that he had all the parts to our big tent except the poles! Hmmm.... The tent is not very useful without them. What to do? David decided to drive to Walmart and purchase a new tent. But the one he bought, which we really did not need as we have two large tents already and several smaller ones, was smaller than the one we had planned to sleep in. The girls had their little tent, but the remaining 7 of us had to squeeze, along with our air mattress (a girl's gotta sleep on something semi-soft!) and Sarah's pack n play (she needs to be confined to sleep best!) into the 6 person tent! We were like sardines... but we did it! And we didn't even freeze in the mid- forty degree nights because for the first time ever we had a space heater! We carefully carved out our precious space so that we could still use it even in the tight quarters. Maybe we are getting wimpy in our older age! But we really enjoyed our time together!
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| That is not a trick of the camera. That marshmallow really is that big! At the boy's pleading, I bought the giant "campfire" marshmallows. All the kids enjoyed them, even the big girls! |
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| The cutie with her huge sugary treat! |
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| Keenan and his giant "S'more" with his oversized marshmallow! |
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| Checking out the mill at the State Park. |
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| Fall colors on one of the dozens of grinding stones lining the walk ways at the mill. I found them laying just like that. :) |
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