We’re about to get started on another
campfire and camping adventure, with this one exclusively for the teen cousins
and friends while the kids are elsewhere for the night – including Ethan and
Ehlana. I’m doing this update now
instead of later because some tent mate swaps may be an option later, and if
that happens; I’ll have better things to do than write journal reports while
spending the night with Michael! ;^)
This has been a teen play day for us too,
and when Mom advised Dawn, Jillian, and I that we were not going to be
responsible for any of the junior cousin entertainment today; we decided on
doing a biking trip to Quarry Lake. By
the time we hit the road, Rowen and Tim had joined us for the ride; and
Michael, Rebecca, and some other teens were going to meet us out there for at
least some of the time we were expecting to spend there before needing to be
home for dinner and the camping fun that was still a work in progress at that
point.
Jaimie, Kaitlyn, Kara, and Eddie weren’t
thrilled about being excluded from our adventures today, but Mom, Aunt Grace,
and Aunt Leanne did their best to make up for that with their own play day
plans for all of the younger kids. I
love all of my cousins, but was ready for some teen time too; and we had a
blast at Quarry Lake. The rock climbing
and zip line are the most popular teen activities at the campground, so even
weekdays are busy; but it was easier to get some rock wall time slots today
than it has been on any of our weekend visits so far. While we had fun together and with some other
friends, the highlight of my Quarry Lake time was when Michael and Rebecca were
there during their afternoon break from the Inn – and Jake and Stephanie
brought them out to the lake and stayed to play with us.
Our little biking group stayed a bit longer
after they went back to the Inn, but that was mostly to extend our swim time
before getting hot and sweaty again during the ride home. By the time we got back to my house, the
camping adventure had pretty much come together – at least for the guest
list. Rebecca, Lucas, Jenny, and Joel
were the first to sign up after Michael, Tim, and Rowen; and Emma Norton and
Kylie Roberts were added so that they could hang out with Dawn and Jillian for
the night. We’re going to have some
extra teens at the campfire; but no other campers – mostly because Dawn and
Jillian haven’t been making any love connections so far this summer.
By the way, while I’m thinking about that,
and in case you’re wondering; Julian Sparks and Tommy Reynolds both have
girlfriends this summer, so they aren’t available for renewing any romantic
interests with Jillian or Dawn. While
that isn’t an issue for either Dawn or Tommy, from what I’ve seen the few times
that I’ve been around Julian and Jillian so far this week; I’d say that there
are still some sparks there between them – last name pun intended. ;^)
I’ll leave that there, since they are; and
move this along so that I can wrap this up and get out to the campfire. After getting back from Quarry Lake, we went
for a cool-off swim; and then started setting up tents and rounding up the
camping gear while Mom and Dad worked on making dinner with some help from
Grandma and Grandpa. We had the camp set
up by the time the food was ready, and then some of us needed to eat quickly
and get to baseball practices. We didn’t
have everyone with us for dinner.
Michael and Rebecca were still working at the Inn; Jenny and Joel were
busy elsewhere; and Lucas, Emma, and Kylie didn’t come into town until Claire
drove them here in time for our ball practice.
That practice went pretty well; we followed that up with yet another
swim back here; and I’m writing this while getting changed and ready for the
campfire and camping.
The rest of my report for today will need
to wait until tomorrow night, and I’m pretty much ready to head outside now, so
that’s it for this report; and, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
