On the long weekend, Mike & Karen and I decided to spend a quiet weekend together camping. (Did I just say Karen and quiet in the same sentence?!?) We were a bit smarter this year than last and brought the trailer, got an electrical site and brought a heater along. While it was quite cold at night we were snug as bugs in rugs.

Our first night was not one of much sleep. The people beside us came in just before 1 am drinking and making all sorts of noise. Finally at 4 am I opened the door and told them to be quiet. (Mike was shocked awake because he hadn't heard a thing!) At 4:30 Mike and Karen went out looking for the park rangers and then went to the site and told them to be quiet. Finally at about 5am they were asleep in their tents. Karen (who doesn't always need a lot of sleep) went out at about 8 and found the ranger and by 9 he was shaking their tents telling them that they had to leave. Karen, being Karen, made sure that we got our money back for the night!



Our neighbours are scrambling in the background to
pack up and be off the site by 11. I'm pretending to take
Karen's picture so that we could get them on film.

As per normal in the Hovestadt tradition, the men make bacon and eggs for the Saturday morning. Mike was getting a bit carried away and my poor egg ended up on the ground. He did make me an extra peice of bacon to make up for it. I must say that it is quite nice to have a servant...
I mean... brother to do the cooking for us. We had a very relaxing weekend. We read, played games, read, slept, read, played games... did I mention reading? We even made it out to the beach on Monday. It was a bit cold, but if you were laying close to the ground it wasn't too bad... Mike was wrapped in a lot of blankets while he was sitting in his chair (reading). On the Lord's day we went to Aylmer URC and I was able to see Hettie's family. We had a wonderful time of fellowship (and a meal) with the Boekee family as well.
What would time with Karen be without taking pictures... here is just a sampling:





Ah, yes, there is never a dull moment when you're with Mike and Karen. I'm looking foward to going with them again in July (this time we might just bring along a fan).







Comments

Anonymous said…
Looks like a lot of fun.. in spite of the annoying neighbors! Lovely pictures. :)
Thursday, May 31, 2007 8:48:00 pm
Household of Faith said…
Sound like you all had a great time! It's always nice to get away for a little vacation.
Monday, June 04, 2007 12:11:00 pm
Jon and Kel said…
what a fun weekend! I'm all about camping in trailers...none of that tent business for me!
Monday, June 04, 2007 12:42:00 pm
Jennifer said…
Yeah... I don't think that we'll tent it when we go as a family again. Trailers are great - especially when it rains!
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 9:26:00 am
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