3 Women, 3 Dogs, 7 Kids and 1 Bill

This was the 2nd camping trip for the Cowan, Shaw and Burnett families. We were gracious enough to let Bill tag along. And, yes, he managed just fine. As a matter of fact he and Mary were nearly inseparable.








As it turns out, Mary sleeps pretty well in the stroller. She took a nice nap, and then was rarin' to go not long after. This picture was taken before the mosquitoes discovered the sleeping baby who was strapped down, and couldn't defend herself.














These are some bears going through a cooler left on the picnic table while the young couple is "napping" in the tent. You just want to say, "Are you stupid?!" It was bear city, and the campground hosts made it very clear all the bear activity in the area. Not to mention all the bear scat and the dog that was killed 2 days earlier. I don't think we were to freaked out, because we were a pretty large and loud group, and we keep a pretty clean camp. Dawn and I discussed how we should not drink so much wine that we didn't care if the bears came this time.






This picture of Clara is blurry, but in the exact same spot as about 7 years ago when we were here with our friend Joe. Where the hell is he anyway?





This was really a pretty great campsite. We were right by the lake, and the kids had a hill to climb, and no one died, or was mauled by a bear.





Mary is making a run for freedom. I did chase her down though because she didn't have a bear bell dangling from her butt like Georgea did.



This is Clara, Elic and Axel at the "Kids" fire. We adults got dang tired of them hoggin' all the heat and sittin' in our camp chairs. So Sabrina suggested the kids have their own fire. I was resistant, but she was right. It was much more quiet once we gave them a bag of marshmallows and told them to hit the road!






Clara and Angus in the Moaki. For those of you who don't know, a Mokai is a motorized kayak. It is pretty fun.



I would like to say that this is the picture of a beautiful end to a beautiful camping trip. But actually, this is the first night. It was beautiful. It was kind of wet and rainy the day we left. Much like the rest of the summer has been.