This last week after Mark wrote the MCAT we decided that we needed to do something fun to get his mind off the test and to enjoy summer while it was still here. We decided to go camping Thursday, Friday and come home Saturday morning. We've done enough traveling this summer so we looked for something close and found Blackstrap Provincial Park. It's about 40min from home and it was awesome! Lots of trees in the campsite, great beach, great lake and not crowded!
Once we got there the first thing on the agenda was to eat dirt... and lots of it.
There was a lot of diapers full of sand this trip.
After dinner we headed to the beach! It was beautiful!
Max loved playing in the sand and water.
and of course eating more sand.
After Max finally fell asleep we got to star gaze a bit. It was beautiful! The best night sky we've seen in Saskatchewan!
The next day we made breakfast, took a nap and then headed back to the lake.
Enjoyed some ice cream.
Played at the playground.
Got a couple bruises and a couple scratches.
And relaxed/played in the tent.
That night we went to bed without the fly so we could enjoy the amazing stars as we fell asleep. We realized that was a mistake at about 1:30 am. I remember Max starting cry before I actually felt rain on my face but it didn't take much time at all to realize we were going to get wet. I grabbed Max who was not happy that he was awake and Mark grabbed the fly, trying to put it on before we all got drenched. It came fast and it didn't slow down! Once we were all in the tent we listened as it poured! It wasn't long before we were feeling water on our faces again. We grabbed the flash light and saw that water was getting in the tent in more than just one place. We quickly realized we wouldn't be spending the night there. I sent Mark to the car with Max and started gathering our stuff together. I took our bag and blankets and threw them in the back seat and rolled up our foamy so it could sit nicely in the middle of the tent without touching any of the sides. I then got in the car and we left. We got home around 3 and by then Max was too wired to fall asleep so we hung up all the blankets and clothing that got wet and we all took a shower/bath and then finally went to bed at 4:15. As soon as Mark woke up that morning he headed back to Blackstrap to grab our tent and chairs that we had left. He mentioned that he was impressed with how I handled the whole situation. I reminded him I've had a lot of practice* :)
I was just glad we didn't have to take down a tent in that rain!
Our first camping trip as a family was exciting, but I think that our first camping trip being rained out as a family was even more exciting! :)
*For those of you who don't know, growing up and even as an adult whenever my family would go camping we would get rained on. Every. Time.
