Vacation

I love camping. We just got back (well two days ago) from a week and a half of time outdoors with family.

The first week was spent at Inverhuron Provincial Park with the Kaldeways. We had a few days of complete relaxation, and all of us loved the beach. I recommend the park for people with smaller children. It is a small park with a beautiful beach. The sites are very gravelly though, so it was a bit hard on Jo as he was just starting to take tentative steps before we left.

Now he is triumphantly marching about the apartment like he owns the place. Within a few hours back at home, he had started to practice walking in earnest. Now he crows with pride at each successful trip. LK and I just grin at each other like fools as we watch him gain confidence with each step. Kids are really awesome!

The second part of our trip was to Little Clam to visit the Dixes. We had a great time and really enjoyed being part of the cheering section for the canoe races in the regatta. Next year we hope to participate. Of course no visit to LC is complete without some excitement, and we had a bear visit on our last night. He was looking for a snack and tore a hole in the Muskoka room to get at Dad's red wiggler composting farm, which he dragged to tear open right beside Sarah and Nolan's tent. We adults in the tents were all lying awake listening and praying that he would be content with the compost and worms. He was.

Now we have a few short days before starting off on our grand adventure. We are packing madly and trying to organize those last details (and the ensuing kinks). Currently I am trying to figure out how to get a phone hooked up through Bell without having an exact street address. So we may not have a phone number for a few days after the move. However, we can be contacted via email still (I hope) and you can leave comments here for us. As soon as we get the details sorted out we will share with all our loved ones.