Head to toe filth! I think we'll be cleaning dirt and sand out of his hair for weeks. As soon as we arrived, Drew plopped down on the ground and proceeded picking up dirt in his two hands and watching it drop everywhere - his hair, his feet, his legs... you name it.
Yes those would be blue jean shorts he's wearing...
We started out the trip a little nervous. No gas stations in sight and the campground we thought our friends were at.. well they moved - oh and we didn't have cell phone service (nor did our friends). Thankfully the Ranger told us where to go for the new site was located and he figured we' make it with the gas we had.
At this point it was nearly 7pm on Friday night. We found our friends and set up camp - it was a cool 90 some-odd degrees that evening as we started to sit around.
The next day after breakfast the temperature quickly soared above 100 degrees. We were there because of our friends from our old Red Lobster Days in Rohnert Park (near Santa Rosa), and they were joined by their family members. All said there were maybe 12-18 of us. Oh did I mention that our friends were camping two weeks after they had their 3rd daughter?! Yes they are the bravest people I met camping with a newborn!
Anyway while Melody retreated to their air conditioned trailer with the baby, we made plans to find some water relief. Dave Drew and I set out for the swimming lagoon! Drew's first experience with a lake. He loved it!!
After we cooled down we went back and borrowed Mel & Chris' air conditioning (and their trailer bunks) for a snooze for the three of us. No way we were going to get Drew to sleep in the tent with that kind of heat. It worked. He had maybe 2 hours (Dave and I about 1).
Then we introduced the kids to the redneck game of Ladderball. For the record Dave rocks at the redneck sports like Ladderball and horseshoes. So ask to be on his team always. We managed to get the kids to pick up all the bollos for us and then they anxiously awaited their turn to play - we improvised the rules so no one would get hurt and everyone had a turn.
Everyone was right around the same age - it was GREAT! Everyone played well together. Got along. And i have to say there weren't many meltdowns! That night we all enjoyed a few beverages and dinner.
The next morning we broke down (most everyone else was staying for the entire week) and had breakfast. After getting all sweaty and dirty we took Drew back down to the lake/swimming lagoon before the 2 hour trip back home.
A great weekend and I'm glad Mel and Chris finally talked us into it!
And he looks very proud of himself for getting that dirty! By the big smiles on the faces it looks like you had a good time.
ReplyDeleteSuuuure it was the flash, Brenda ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd oh my was that boy dirty! LOL!