So not that all of that is covered I will get on to todays post.....
Last weekend we went to Yankton for a camping trip. We had originally planned the trip because Rick was going to shoot in a archery tournament but since he has surgery all archery is out for a few months. Well we decided to go anyhow and just have a fun and relaxing vacation. Christa, Jese, Oliver, Amy, Liam, Josie and Eli all wanted to come too so we had a mini family vacation.
On my way to work on Thursday I ran over a cat! I was so sad and felt terrible about it. The cat just ran right in front of my car. I did not even have a chance to hit my breaks ....Well I should have taken it as a sign as to what was going to come....I think that cat cursed me!
We left about 2:00 with Christa and Oliver in the truck with us and Amy and kids following behind us. Jese was meeting us later since he had to work until 4:00.
All was going along good when we were just past the MN-SD border. Rick was just asking us if any of us want to stop at a rest stop when thank God he saw a giant road buckle from the heat. He somehow managed to slam on the breaks and swerve around it just missing it. When I think of what would have happened if we had hit it going 70 mph pulling a 30 foot camper it just makes me sick. We all agree that we had a guardian angle looking out for us....
We made it to the campground around 7:00. We got all set up and when I tried to turn the electricity on it would not work...I told Rick and and thought it was the battery so he cleaned off the connections and then it seemed to work.
We had a beautiful sunset right before we all turned in for the night....Well we tried to turn in. We were in the camper when we realized the lights were getting dimmer and dimmer and air conditioner was not coming on right. The battery was not charging like it should to keep things working. So we turned off everything we could and put the fridge on gas and went to bed.
Friday morning Rick made a lot of phone calls and did a lot of running around and came home with a battery charger. We had to keep the charger hooked to the battery so it could keep it going. That kept most of the stuff working for the rest of the weekend....
We decided to get a inflatable kayak to take along with us when we go camping. We debated about getting a regular hard one but in the end decided to just go with the inflatable one since it was a lot cheaper and easier to pack up and haul when pulling the camper. Christa and Jese have two and love them. We figured that if we really like it we get a better one down the road. Anyhow we had fun with it on this trip. Rick could not really row because of his shoulder so I did most of the rowing :)
On Saturday we decided that we should wait until later in the day to go to the beach so everyone was not so tired out by afternoon. Rick went to the Archery shoot to visit with some people and the rest of us just hung around the campgrounds. Christa, Jese and Oliver went for a long kayak ride in the morning. After they good back we decided to take turns with the rest of the kids. I took Liam with me. He was a great rower. Amy and Josie went first and them Amy and Eli. Christa was in the single seat one. We had lots of fun going around the lake.
For lunch we made French Dip Sandwiches over the fire in our new CanCooker. It worked great and everyone loved them. On a side note while getting the fire going I may have been walking around bearfoot when I cut my toe on some glass. It was kind of funny because it did not hurt that much so I did not even look at it, I just kept working on the fire. I looked down and saw that I was bleeding all over everything! Amy gave me a towel to wrap it in and I got into the camper and cleaned it up. It was only a small cut but it sure did bleed a lot.
After lunch it was beach time again.
Saturday evening Rick and Jese went for a bike ride and the rest of us went for a walk to the river.
A beautiful sunset over Lake Yankton
Sunday we decided to go on an adventure. First we went the Lewis and Clark marina and looked at all the big yachts.
After that we made our way into Nebraska so the kids could say they had been to another new state. We drove over the dam that holds the Missouri river back and had to stop and take a couple of pictures.
This is Lake Yankton our campgrounds is on the other side of it.
Once we got over we stopped at the Lewis and Clark Visitor Center. The kids had a blast looking at everything.
Okay us adults might have been having a little fun too at the visitor center...
Sunday afternoon brought more swimming and evening brought a campfire and marshmallows.
After a very hot weekend rain was in the forecast for the evening but Amy decided that she was not going to put her rainfly on the tent. Well about 6:00 in the morning she got to rush her kids in the car when the rain started to pore down into her tent. Good thing she had packed up everything but the tent and cots the night before. Since we were all up we all got going by 8:00 and were on our way home.
So even though we had several unexpected things happen we just went with the flow and and relaxed and accepted that there was nothing we could do about it....In the end it was a great vacation. It was a lot of fun to spend time with the kids and grandkids on a trip with no agenda of things to do. It was all about relaxing and not letting the curse of the cat get me....
Sharon
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