Another rest day. Cloudy and cool-ish, it was very pleasant.
The kids got nap time in, which was definitely needed for the youngest two, and helpful for the oldest.
The hatchet was sharpened before the trip. It's amazing what a little maintenance and upkeep will do! Chopping is always fun...but it's even funner when it works like a charm!
"That's the tree where I got my scratch!" says Nathan (peering over my shoulder). It was a pretty deep scratch--for him. He's usually very careful and avoids most common injuries. After the scratch, and before telling me about it, he came up to say he wanted to go home...and after a bit of discussion we discovered that he wanted to go home because he never gets scratched at home.
Since we weren't doing anything all day except reading sermons (us adults only), I let the kids play with cooking stuff...since, after all, it wasn't their fault that we didn't bring along any toys!
It took Melanie quite a while to figure out how to use the pan handle...but after a lesson and a lot of concentration, she mastered it!
2 comments:
ummmmm....
algonquin is a PARK...
no chopping wood. :)
(unless of course you don't take pictures of it. ;)
Fortunately when you camp in the INTERIOR the park rules are not as sticky as they are for "car camping" campsites. In fact, occasionally, rangers even chop wood for you! :) (There are sawed trees at a lot of the sites--to make benches with, or even to clear up a spot for a tent.) When camping in the interior, you are permitted to use any dead vegetation, although they encourage the use of propane and other alternatives for cooking (and ban all fires if there's forest fire issues). They suggest you use fires minimally if not at all, but EVERYONE who goes in the interior must feel as I do that it's the best part of camping--hauling in your wood and making your fire from stuff you find nearby. It's time you went "real" camping. :p
Post a Comment