Our good friends the Monsens are moving away... :( we are so sad. But happy that they invited us to go camping with them from July 5 - 7. As I was talking to Michael on the day we were supposed to meet them, he mentioned that we had to pass through a military gate to get there, meaning we needed updated car papers. That's when we realized we did not have updated insurance papers and our safety expired as well on both available vehicles. What's more, both vehicles boast big cracks in the windshield, making a safety inspection impassable.
What were we going to do? We wanted to join our friends for our last sha-bang together, and our girls were sooo excited to go camping. We tried EVERYTHING, and finally got a plan worked out the next day, borrowing my friend Nicole's truck (thank you!!)
We had a GREAT time with our friends, and at a BEAUTIFUL location. Oh my. Turquoise water with little islands sticking out. It was a Hawaiian paradise.
We enjoyed the traditional hot dogs and s'mores with roasted bagels in the morning. There was a cool playground there, unlike the cookie-cutter plastic ones that are on the North Shore. Somehow Kezia got all the kids (and Nate) involved in a castle-make believe, she being the queen, of course. There were knights, a royal dog (Ivy), a guard (Nate) princesses, the whole bit. When I walked over to the playground, everyone was playing their part. It was like walking into a dress rehearsal!
I kept having to drive out of the campsite to take care of lesson scheduling and such since they didn't have reception there. At night I must have spent too long with the headlights on because the truck died. Here I was on a military road a looong way from the campsite in the pitch dark and haven't seen any cars go by. Shoots. I was mostly worried about leaving my friend's truck there, since I would imagine a strange truck on the side of the road in a military base would be quickly towed. Luckily, a car happened by just at that moment and gave me a ride, and luckily someone had cables to help me out. And the truck was still there when we returned. Horray!
We were supposed to go crab hunting that night, but because of the truck incident, everyone was sleeping when we returned, except for Ivy who was excited to go. So we did our usual crab hunt as well. It was fun, just me, Ivy, and Nate. We kept the crabs in a bucket til the next morning so the girls and their new friends could play with them. Then we let them go.
Here are some pics, mostly of boogie boarding the next day, which the girls LOVED.
Ivy stoking the fire
There go the crabs!
Me and Jessica, my good friend. So sad to see her leave!
