We haven't done much travel this summer, so it was nice to get away for two nights over August long weekend. We camped in Turtle River with my parents, and their motor home... which means it probably doesn't really qualify as camping, but we DID sleep in a tent. Everyone had lots of fun in the tent once it was set up, and the girls even decided to sleep in the tent with us the first night. The second nigh, M decided to join G in the motor home to sleep. We had beautiful weather, and enjoyed the beautiful setting. The kids were very excited about the ampitheatre program, so we ignored our usual bedtime and went to the ampitheatre both nights. On the first night, the kids learned about the planets, and G got to participate in a living model of planetary orbit.
On Saturday morning, Ralph and I went to Grand Forks to do a little shopping, and the kids stayed back at the campground to go on a nature hike with Grandma and Grandpa. It was a super hot and sunny day, and pretty humid, so we went to the Larimore Reservoir to do some swimming in the afternoon. In the evening, after a great BBQ supper, we had a "roast-a-rama." G had a great time roasting marshmallows for everyone else on Friday evening, so we decided to pick up some veggies that he could roast over the fire and eat. We had a short break in the campfire when a sudden wind came up, but the weather calmed back down and we went back out.
On Sunday, we did some fishing with the kids at the river. River is a bit of an overstatement. Turtle River is more like a stream, but there was a beatiful fishing (and swimming) area by a shelter and dam built in the 30s. We left mid-afternoon, and stopped at Q'dobo for a snack before driving home.
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