Overnight Camping

I guess blogging every 10 days to 2 weeks is becoming the norm so I won't apologize anymore but just blog as much as I can.
We'll be heading on our camping vacation tomorrow and we're just about all packed. We're only going 20 min away to a conservation area, but it'll be far enough to be AWAY!!
We did a sort of trial run early in the week when we went to a provincia park with Moritz (my swiss cousin) for an overnight. For our vacation we'll be using Mom and Dad's motorhome, but for a one nighter the mission's camper van was great.
Walking up to our campsite at MacGregor Point in Port Elgin

No, Maya didn't sleep outside, the playpen just fit in the van. Moritz slept in the tent and Jeff and I shared the top of the van. I think Moritz had the best accomodation:)

Inside the girls had lots of fun climbing all over. Katie slept behind the seat which worked out perfectly

Sleeping at the top was a novelty, but not the most comfortable. Next time we'll make sure to bring some more padding. It was fun though

The girls wanted to play in the top too. Of course!!

On our way to the beach. It was about a 1/2 hour walk (at our pace anyway) and the girls did a great job walking.

Moritz, Katie and I braved the Lake Huron waters and walked quite a ways out until the water was too deep for Katie. This was at 10 a.m. so the beach was pretty empty and the water and the air pretty cool, but it didn't bother Katie none so Mommy had to go swimming too.

Playing at the beach. Getting aquainted with waves.

Maya wasn't so sure about the waves, but she had lots of fun in the sand.

Helping Daddy with his whale sand sculpture

I got to stroll the beach just a little, in between chasing Katie and helping Daddy to keep Maya off the whale.

Katie showing off her second catch: a frog. #1 was a little crayfish. Yup, she's not squimish about slimy critters.

I dug a little "pool" for Maya which she enjoyed immensely and kept her in the same spot for a good while.

On to sculpure # 2. Moritz and Jeff are creating a crab. Who said you have to be a kid to have fun at the beach.

And off toward home. I rinsed Maya off nicely in the water, but when we got back to where we had left our towels she sat back down into the dry sand. Once we got back to the campsite Jeff took both girls to have a shower and I started packing again.

We had a lot of fun and we're so looking forward to being able to spend 5 days at the same spot. I'll make sure to do a post when we get back.

Have a great week!