All About the Kids VII

“we're home!
when we packed up this morning, we found stuff left behind in camp...
one pair girls black and blue flipflops
one marshmallow toasting thingy
please let me know if they are yours”

“ki0eh, it was nice meeting you and laurel.
you're lucky if all you got was whining...two of mine decided to duke it out halfway to the parking. ha - i knew they couldn't go the whole weekend without at least one brawl.

it was great seeing everyone else again; hopefully next time, the weather will be better.”

“nice meeting everyone...even for only a few hours! we were drenched and i am still drying stuff off. sand was everywhere! thanks for the good times, even if it was brief. i am pleased i got to go swimming friday night... pitch black on the lake, calm warm water. beautiful night for a dip!”

“...still cleaning up sand. this time all the sand the kids tracked in when they came in the house!”

“When we were hiking out Betty's daughter started whining about the pack being heavy and by the time we got to the trailhead she was standing in the middle of the path with her hands on her knees bent over forward. I said, "Awe look, she looks just like her dad!". LOL! They had fun and have learned so much about proper gear and how much of what to bring. I'm taking Jeff down to RRG in September and his pack will be down to 25 pounds if it kills him.”

“i have never brought so much sand home

i hate white rabbits
i hate white rabbits
i hate white rabbits”

“sass, hows the kidlet? getting over her gnaws ya?”

“I think she felt better immediately. I suspect she was in such a wad over the storms she made herself sick. The poor kid is terrified of thunder and spent most of the night shaking next to me. She ate a huge breakfast at the Northwoods, didn't complain once on the hike out and slept almost the entire way home.
I'll never do another kids trip without paper towels and baby wipes! The most valuable item in my gear pile this trip by far, lol.”

“glad she got to feeling better. i was sad not to have had a chance to talk with her. she has grown so much!”

“You would have just been listening, lol. She takes after her daddy.”

“have we not all grown! yo bear! thunder storms are my fav!”

“Mine too Bear. I don't know what her deal is. I've tried everything from scientific explanation to angels bowling. Nothing helps. We're to the point where she finally stays in her own bed at home, but it was a fantastic (and very very long) storm and we were in a tarp. Not a good combo for her I guess. No tears were shed at least.”

“it was nice meeting all of you guys. Spent most of the day sunday ddrting out gear and vacuuming sand out of everything....”

“Laurel slept a lot better through the thunderstorms than I did. And now hopefully she and Mommy will listen to me a bit more about the virtues of quick dry clothes. (Actually we stopped at REI in Pittsburgh to buy some on the way back.)

We have not even begun to vacuum (or "sweep" as they say in PA).”

“Target has great wicking shirts in the little girls section ki0eh. Champion makes them I believe. Half the cost of REI's.”

“Target around here starts carrying fake down jackets in mid-July. We were actually in there two weeks ago looking - nada. I'll have to mark my calendar for February, maybe that's when it will be there. ;)

Fortunately much of the stuff at REI was on the clearance racks. Except for the Sahara pants just like daddy's only a lot smaller - had to pay full freight ($45??!?!?) on those
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“Great to see everyone. kiOeh, great to meet you, and your daughter. Hopefully, next year we can camp with NO RAIN! ;-)”

“Now that was an usefull post.
You learn something every day.”

“thanks for the research kiOeh”

“I thought yinz were pulling my leg about the white rabbits, maybe a Midwest TT initiation rite or something. (Guess it still could be. ;) )”

“So was luke the only one that knew about the white rabbits?”

“no Sassafras also knew about it... and a few others...”

“I've used the white rabbit method since I was a kid too. Is it a Michigan thing?”

“I've never heard of it before.”

“the variation we used as a kid also involved jumping on one foot while saying it however.. that probably isn't a good idea around a campfire..”