On vacation recovery

We made it through another camping trip and are trying to get caught up at home and caught up on rest. We had great weather throughout and not a single disaster. It was wonderful!

First and foremost, it was unique and sad. It was the first camping trip that L did not bring her case of cat figurines. She built a fairy house as soon as we got to the site, and it was then I noticed that she had not yet brought the cats out. I asked her about it, and she stated matter-of-factly that she decided not to bring them. I wanted to cry. She had brought along half of the stacks of books she had gotten the day before, when we went to B & N. (Are you seeing the theme there?)

We camped at Governor Dodge State Park, which is not far from home at all! M & L had been there before, but I had not. It was a very nice park, and we had a nice, big campsite which overlooked the lake.

M and L decided they were going to try to cook potatos on the campfire. I was pretty skeptical about the results, but as it turned out, the potatos came out perfectly. They cooked some every night. L seemingly has no limit as to how many potatos she can eat! If we ever have leftover potatoes, which is rare with our girl, they don't last beyond the next day.

As always, we did a lot of hiking, got to see many waterfalls, frogs, toads, squirrels, raccoons, beautiful forests, etc. We did encounter one unusual thing while hiking along a streambed. Periodically, near or in the water, we would see a rock sculpture. There were four in all, and each was quite interesting.

L then added a few of her own. They were NOT easy to make. Whoever made the original ones had a lot of patience!

We played games.

We had a fantastic day at the beach! We swam, and she made friends and built sand castles.