Got up this morning and went to the big craft show being held by the local Kiwanis Club. They set up what looked like a big swap meet in the parking lot of the main intersection down the street from our camp. There were lots of booths with artists of various types selling paintings, sculptures, jewelry, music, etc… We spent the morning there enjoying the offerings and picking up a few
trinkets.Afterwards we decided to spend our last day here on the beach again, so we packed up the Suburban and dropped all of our troops off down at the marina. It was cloudy and we could see what looked to be a thunderstorm across the lake from us. However it was sunny at our beach and we were undeterred. We were going to have as much fun as possible!
The girls quickly talked me into
renting them a paddle boat and they were soon on their way paddling around the marina and beach area. Kelly only rode for about one lap until she decided to jump ship and play on the beach with her campground friends who were also there.Everybody was having another great day on the beach. And then…the rain came. It started out as a little sprinkle that seemed to be a quickly passing encounter. Then the skies opened up and soon everyone on the beach was screaming and grabbing their stuff to run for cover.
Kristen, Kayla and Mariah were still happily peddling the paddle boat down the lake as the rain poured in buckets atop them. I had to laugh as they seemed to be enjoying the ride even
more. They just kept on going! Patty ran down the beach to get them out of the water and bring the boat back while Jack and I grabbed the towels and ran for cover.We all huddled up in the dry spot at the marina store where there is a large covered area. Despite a couple of breaks in the raining action, it never seemed to let up so we sadly called it a day and headed back to camp. We cleaned up and watched a movie in the camper to pass the time and the sun was soon out again.
It was now later in the afternoon of our last day so we started packing and getting ready for the long road trip in the morning. Believe it or not it takes a long time to deflate all of those rafts as I had to sit on, fold, sit on and fold again to get all the air out to pack them. There is just no dignified way to do it.
We had a fairly early dinner in our campsite, but all the kids just didn’t want to eat what we were offering. So we did something we
have never done while camping before. Ordered pizza! The folks at Round Table Pizza were well familiar with our campground and quickly delivered a large cheese right to our campsite! We had to take a picture and the kid was happy to oblige.After dinner we had one last campfire and reflected on the end of our summer trip. It has been another fantastic journey and talk about next year has already begun. We are so blessed to be able to take this type of trip, and no one seems to take this special time for
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