Camping at My Favourite Campsite

Saturday began as a work day, with Mom, Daniel, Elena, Tiana, Patrick, Christopher and I working on the pond in our front yard. We emptied it out (it was overdue) and got rid of all the little piddly rocks that used to make up the rock hill that the water ran down. Then, we got all the gunk that had collected over the years on the bottom, got rid of it, and finally the pond was empty. Then, Daniel brought bigger rocks and we set them up very prettily. It looks way better than the little rocks ever did. Then we filled it up! Hooray! We were very tired by the end of it. But, the fun was just beginning.

We packed up and headed over to Adeena and Jeff's house, where they have set up THE BEST campsite ever!! Creekside, here we come!

It's always fun camping with family, but the extra bonus is that we camp with family and nobody else, because it's a private, home-owned and operated campsite. Woo hoo!

They've set up the campsite in a nice little pasture, with a creek (Check out Adeena's blog) and a gorgeous old willow tree that just will not give up, no matter how many times it falls over. Seriously. It has about six trunks that have re-rooted, and it lives! It still lives!

I had a blast with nieces and nephews, who are always cute and always fun (they're never bad - they're angels. They are, after all, related to me. >:)) And when Heather showed up, it just made it all the better.

We also went exploring, and found a hidden meadow on their property, and a small waterfall that wound around an old tree. Then we went back through the field behind their house and saw their "creek flats". It was absolutely gorgeous! It is hopefully the future camping ground. We walked down a slight hill and came to the bottom of the flats. It was a meadow with a river running through it, with tall trees shading the whole area. Some of the family (not me, sigh) were able to see a deer run by at the top of the hill in the distance. It was completely quiet except for us, with all of our talk of cleaning up the old tree branches and leaves on the ground and making it a suitable, hidden campsite. Adeena wants to make sure it doesn't flood in the spring, or if it does, how badly. It truly was gorgeous. (Adeena and Jeff, you have a gorgeous property. But you knew that, of course. :))

So, all in all it was a fun family time, getting together, chatting, sitting around the campfire, playing with the kids, and just over all having a great, relaxing time. The only bad thing was that it ended so soon. But, we're going again in a couple of weeks, so we can look forward to that. :)