Tubing Down the Rapids, Part 2
Our two older girls finally decided to drag their own tubes up the pathway. Good thing the rubber is thick! This just left three young children, two adults, and five …
We Paid for This Adventure: Part 1
Our babies, the twins, were 8 now, our son 10, and the older girls were 12 and 14. It was time to pay for a challenge, as if camping with …
Entertainment at Camp: The Keystone Campers
As I said before, everyone should help when camping no matter how small the task. It may take longer this way, of course, but it can lead to some great …
Gotta Have-a Campfire
It isn’t camping without a campfire according to my children. All campgrounds, even primitive ones [without electricity or water hookups], have fire pits or rings, usually old truck tire rims, …
Nippy Nights in Newfoundland
It did take me three nights to realize that it didn’t really go down to 15 degrees Fahrenheit in Newfoundland, but rather 15 degrees Celsius/59 degrees Fahrenheit. It was nippy …
Learning the Metric System
A difference in measurement, that’s all. Kilometers instead of miles. Celsius instead of Fahrenheit. Canadians and Newfoundlanders use the metric system in their traffic signs, national park hiking maps, and …
Newfoundland Hospitality
Another way to pick up scrapbook material and photos as well as local maps and be able to get a feel of where things are in a new area is …
A Scary, Scary Night…
Although we asked God, nightly, NOT to replenish the whole water table during our camp stay, sometimes he’d try–usually at night. This can be a good thing except when you …
Weather-wise
“Rain, rain, go away; come again some other day…” the children would chant when home, but at camp? We found it didn’t matter…too much. Rain usually blessed our trip, both …
The Laundress Gets No Rest
We didn’t notice it at first. The longer camping trips brought it to our attention. At first it only ran around the trailer, like the children, scurrying under blankets, burrowing …