Camping !
On Saturday we were invited to spend the night with our friends Al & Shelley and there son Jeremy. They have five acres near Merrickville, Ontario. As they have lots of space we decided to bring the tents and to tent out.
The weather was looking pretty grim with rain in the air. We made it to Merrickville at about 2pm and setup up the tents. The rain held off unit later that afternoon.
Alana and the kids, along with Shelley, went for a dip in their pool later afternoon. It was a little cool for me so I decided to sit on the deck and drink beer instead. Life is rough!
For supper Shelley made an AMAZING corn-beef and cabbage...yummy what a great treat!
After supper we setup a camp-fire in their firepit. To make it a little more insteresting for the kids, Al and Jeremy setup some "campfire magic" to light the fire. Using a few "household chemicals" and a fishing-wire to trip the mechanism, we has able to use "Magic" to light the fire. Check out the video below:
As it was calling for rain we setup a tarp-shelter to protect "the ladies" from the elements. Here is a picture of the group enjoying S'mores under the tarp. We are glad that we setup the tarp as it POURED rain for most of the campfire.
Here is another picture showing Al, Jeremy and the firepit. What a great time we had!
We slept very well that night as were very tired and went to bed early. This was the first time that Matthew and Anna slept in the own tents and not with us. Very liberating! We all very much enjoyed having separate tents ! ;-)
We woke up to sunshine (about 5:30am) but manged to stay in the tent until about 7am or so. After a great breakfast of blueberry pancakes, sausages, hash browns and OJ we put away the tents and enjoyed a relaxing morning. Alana made brownies late rmorning and we headed home and eating them all ! ;-)
Many thanks to Al, Shelley and Jeremy for there hospitably ! We had a lot of fun!
The weather was looking pretty grim with rain in the air. We made it to Merrickville at about 2pm and setup up the tents. The rain held off unit later that afternoon.
Alana and the kids, along with Shelley, went for a dip in their pool later afternoon. It was a little cool for me so I decided to sit on the deck and drink beer instead. Life is rough!
For supper Shelley made an AMAZING corn-beef and cabbage...yummy what a great treat!
After supper we setup a camp-fire in their firepit. To make it a little more insteresting for the kids, Al and Jeremy setup some "campfire magic" to light the fire. Using a few "household chemicals" and a fishing-wire to trip the mechanism, we has able to use "Magic" to light the fire. Check out the video below:
As it was calling for rain we setup a tarp-shelter to protect "the ladies" from the elements. Here is a picture of the group enjoying S'mores under the tarp. We are glad that we setup the tarp as it POURED rain for most of the campfire.
Here is another picture showing Al, Jeremy and the firepit. What a great time we had!
We slept very well that night as were very tired and went to bed early. This was the first time that Matthew and Anna slept in the own tents and not with us. Very liberating! We all very much enjoyed having separate tents ! ;-)
We woke up to sunshine (about 5:30am) but manged to stay in the tent until about 7am or so. After a great breakfast of blueberry pancakes, sausages, hash browns and OJ we put away the tents and enjoyed a relaxing morning. Alana made brownies late rmorning and we headed home and eating them all ! ;-)
Many thanks to Al, Shelley and Jeremy for there hospitably ! We had a lot of fun!
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