Tonight Teapot had his regular monthly meeting with the Senior Rangers. They are planning a big trip for next week but since Teapot is going to be down in Wells/Grey National park with JCRs he's not going on the big trip with the Senior Rangers. He still had to be at their meeting since he is the great big brilliant guy who is their leader! Oopps you don't plan a big trip when you are not going to be there ... but he did... anyway he is at the meeting in town and the Daughters and I are here for a quick shower before we head back out to the park to continue our camping trip. We have been having a blast at the lake. We get up we jump in the canoe... a late breakfast or early lunch and we have been hitting the lake for some swimming.... we dry off and then we go swimming again.... we take out the kayak and then we might have a snack before swimming again.... maybe then we go looking for frogs... and then we might go for another quick swim before we get supper... after supper and dishes we are off down the lake in canoes and kayaks again... then back just as the sun is setting for hot chocolate by the fire and then we go to bed to sleep like the dead except for Narmin who has been discovering the law of gravity.... more about that later.... and then we get up the next day to start all over again. I'm sunburnt... and so are the girls... Teapot isn't, but being a red head, he's more careful about the blasting down sun rays. Even the dogs have been getting in on the fun... Narmin won't go near the water except when he's on one of the girls boogie boards or in the canoe but that hasn't stopped us teaching him to swim! Bailey loves the boogie board (well that might be stretching it but she trusts Daughter #2 implicitly). Today she dove off the boogie board and swam to shore. Jiggs had been avoiding the water and only straying into it when her ball went in... needless to say her ball has been going in constantly and further and further each time we throw it. At one point today Teapot and the Daughters and I were all in the water at the same time and Jiggs decided that ok she would finally go for a swim... she swam all the way out to us three times in a row.... like that is unheard of. We are all really impressed that she even tried.
We've all been having a complete blast. With the lake right there by the side of us we can't have a better time. And we even got the best campsite in the park... at least I think so. Nature at our front door.... it's wonderful... and somehow having the lake makes it better than in our own dear house.
We were all feeling a little on the grimy side after two days with no showers and a muddy pond as our only outlet for cleaning and so we came home tonight to all soak and clean and get clean underwear (an absolute necessity you understand on any camping trip) before heading back out to the park in a couple of hours. We will stay out till Friday, I think, if all goes well. We'll continue to splash and play for another couple of days before reality sets in and we have to come home again. I'm taking pictures and lots of them so I'll be able to post them here when I get back.... that'll make you all drool... the quintessential Canadian summer vacation.... swimming at the lake.)
Alpacas, sheep, llama, and horse are all doing well despite the fact that there is no one here to keep an eye on them... but they are self contained pretty much for a few days... We are upping the level of water in their watering barrels and forking a little hay to keep them going while we are here, but they seem to be doing ok all the same just on the grass.
There's been a fiasco about hay again but I'll talk about that when I get back... the crisis is over thank God. However, we really noticed tonight when we drove into the yard how badly we need a good dose of rain... once again mid summer has denied us of moisture and the grass is drying up.... this I'm sure is good for the farmers since they are all in their fields vigorously haying... sun at this time of year means hay... and that's good... but my garden is looking pathetic. It needs to be watered which is what I am off to do now before we head back out to the park.... to the lake.... to the water... to paddling.... to early morning swans and eagles and afternoon munching out before swimming, swimming, swimming.....
We'll see ya'll later after we've been water logged!
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