Every year, no matter what, Mom and Dad make sure we keep up the tradition that's been kept since before I was born (right?). We pile into the van and head on down to Goderich, to the beach, to enjoy the fireworks show there.
We meet a whole bunch of our family. I think we take up as much space as twenty other families combined. (Maybe that's an exaggeration, but who really knows?)
It's so much fun to spend a day at the beach with the people you generally have the most fun with. Playing with siblings, talking, watching the little kids and making sure they do not get too close to the water as it gets darker...and watching them with their glow sticks, playing a sword-fighting game, rolling and diving and running in the sand.
This year, too, instead of driving home in the wee hours of the night and flopping into our beds, we drove the much shorter distance to Adeena's and Jeff's, to enjoy a camp sleepover! Creekside was as fun as ever. We sat around the campfire with the torches (we never did decide who was voted off the island...) just chatting. I love to just chat. Scratch that, I love to just chat with people I like. :D
One of the best parts about camping was being in the country, away from all lights, so that we could see the night sky. You would not believe how beautiful it was unless you had been there to see, or you have seen something as beautiful yourself. The stars absolutely lit the sky up with their glimmering brilliance. They really were twinkling at us. We could see the Milky Way! And it was just chilly enough that the birds and the bugs were silent. It's really enchanting, almost too gorgeous to be a part of this world. It's almost like a glimpse into what it's going to be like.
Happy Canada Day, all.
The stars really were beautiful, weren't they? There weren't as many out last night, but it was still beautiful.
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