7-31-12 (Day 4)

 

Eagle River



Eating lunch










Swimming at Pebble Beach

 
We were up just before 8am. After breakfast the boys and I took a bike ride around the campground. Charlie (Jared's hornet) came back for more flies. Around 11:00 we headed to Eagle River. This year we had to hike a ways to get to where the river goes into the lake. The boys had a great time playing here and we stayed for a few hours. We ate a packed lunch there on the beach. The boys found some large pieces of drift wood to use for ships. They used little rocks for their people. Eli flopped in the water as he pretended to be a frog. He was on his belly and would put his face in the water. On our way back to camp we stopped at the Jampot for goodies. Then we walked a short ways up the road to Jacob’s Falls. We also stopped to visit with Leslies and look at the pottery. Grandma and Grandpa were there too. Eli napped in his car seat. Back at camp the boys and I went on a bike/scooter ride. Daddy got a fire ready for our dinner. After dinner we went to Pebble beach. The boys wore swim trunks so they could play in the water. This evening Grandma and Grandpa came over to sit by the fire with us. We made smores. Leslie let us use her bat detector so we could listen to the bats. We heard a few tonight which was really cool.

 

7-30-12 (Day 3)

Hiking out to Hunter's Point







Daddy showing the boys how to stand

Jared and I got up during the night to zip the windows shut because it was raining. We went back to sleep until around 7:30 this morning. Except Jacob, he slept in until ~10am. Grandpa pulled Eli’s hood up onto his head and Eli told Grandpa he was funny. After breakfast Daddy and the boys went for a bike ride. Eli stayed at the campsite with me and I did some knitting. I set up the table in the camper and the boys did some drawings in there. Jared caught some flies and gave them to a hornet that was flying around. He’d set the flies on the arm of his chair and the hornet (named Charlie) would come get them.  Charlie took about 30 flies. Eli napped until lunchtime. This afternoon we went to hike at Hunter’s Point. We hiked the trail to the beach. It rained a little while we were there. Then we hiked along the beach to the Point. Daddy and the boys climbed up on the huge rocks out near the point. The boys wanted me to come up there so Daddy came down with Norman and I went up. The boys were so cute as they helped me over the rocks. They’d say, “You might need a little help here,” and hold out their hand to help me. Jacob found a little frog in some water up there. The boys had fun collecting rocks. Jacob had his pants so full with rocks that he had to keep pulling them up. As we were walking back Jacob talked about being a good hiker and then said, “I only use my legs when I need them.”  Back at camp Jacob took his rocks over to show them to Grandma. We went on some bike rides and then took a walk around camp with Grandma. The boys rode their scooters. Adam’s scooter fell onto my heel and cut it – ouch! Grandma watched Norman for us so we could all go on a bike ride together. The boys were playing with Daddy and close pinned him to his chair. We went out for ice cream but Eli didn’t want any. He just wanted to play on the truck.

7-29-12 (Day 2)

Breakfast with Grandma and Grandpa

Walk to the fort

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Great Sand Bay

We were up around 7:30am. After a pancake breakfast we took some walks/bike rides around the campground. We found a bunch of firewood at an empty site. Adam struggled some on the bigger bike we brought for him. After some practice he was doing much better and was able to ride it, with Daddy and Jacob, on the trails to the Fort store. We took a walk to the Fort to watch Battery D fire the canons. Eli whinned because HE wanted to fire the canons. We went into town to visit with Dennis and Leslie. From there we headed to the beach. As we drove Eli kept saying, "I wanna go Great Sand Bay." We spent a few hours at the beach and had alot of fun. The boys helped Daddy build damns in the stream. Jacob found a big frog and a tiny frog. Eli fell asleep on the drive home and continued sleeping back at camp. Jacob, Adam and I took a bike ride while Jared made a fire. We rode to the camp playground to swing. After dinner we walked to Pebble beach so we could hike the trail by the beach. Tonight we put up the tarps because it looked like it was going to rain. We were in bed around 10pm.