Day 12

canons

Morning walk

At the Central mine

On Brockway Mt

Cleaning rocks

Estivant Pines

Getting a surprise from Dennis

Grandma came to sit with us while we waited for the boys to wake up. Eli woke up first and took a bike ride with me. Jacob and Adam woke up while we were gone. Jacob came to find me cause he fell and had a bloody leg. I put a bandaid on it and then he was ready for pancakes. All three boys brought their bears to breakfast this morning.  They wanted to make Grandpa growl. We went for a walk with Grandma and Eli walked with us. Adam came riding on his bike carrying Eli's helmet. He gave Eli some rides on the pegs of his bike. This morning we headed to the Central mine with Grandma and Grandpa. We had a lot of fun looking for copper. We all found some copper pieces and Grandpa found a chip!  It was about 12:30 when we left. We stopped at the Jampot for goodies on the way back to camp. We drove up Brockway Mt and took some pictures with the hammock to enter in a photo contest. Back at camp the boys got right to cleaning up their copper and rocks. We ate a late lunch and then headed to Estivant pines. We hiked the Cathedral loop and had a lot of fun. The boys led the way for most of the hike but near the end Adam was behind looking for a stick to whittle. Suddenly we heard "I fell and I got hurt!" We looked back and Adam had fallen down a steep hill. He said he was reaching for a stick and slipped. We put a bandaide on his bloody shin and then finished our hike  We got back to camp around 6pm. Adam and Eli played with a caterpillar they'd found. Jacob worked on cleaning his copper. After dinner I was washing dishes. Adam came over and got the towels ready for drying without being told to. Then he said,"I'll do the dishes by myself today." He dried and put them all away with a smile because he was happy to surprise his brothers. After dinner we took a walk around the campground with Grandma and Grandpa. Eli and Jacob rode their bikes and Adam rode his scooter. Then Jacob and Adam were practicing doing wheelies on their bikes. Grandma got the fire ready tonight. The boys worked on cleaning rocks and organizing their rock boxes as we sat by the fire. We made s'mores and got to bed around 10:30