Sunday, July 13, 2008

First camping trip

I have a few posts that have been milling around in my head for some time now, but I haven't had the chance to post them. Well, I guess I better just start with one. On the Canada Day weekend Mike and I went on our first Northern camping trip, with our friends Chris and Chantal. Chris is another RCMP member, and Chantal teaches french like me. So, we had plenty in common and a carload of board games just in case.

We trecked out on the friday afternoon, literally about one hour after the last official school day ended for me. It was a rush to pack everything and be ready but so nice to go and relax on a lake for my first weekend of summer freedom. I'd said goodbye to all the kids, and toted all of my end of the year gifts home (the perks of being a grade one teacher :) and we set off toward Tumbler Ridge, which is about an hour and a half south of Dawson and is in a more mountain-like setting. We stopped just short of the town and pulled into Stony lake, thankfully claiming the last campsite.



The weather was perfect--sunny the entire time, and although we were very mosquito infested, we had a great time playing bocci ball, the Farming Game, and laying by the lake reading while our husbands explored the woods on a quad.



Chris and Chantal



Saying goodbye to the campsite on our last day

2 comments:

Amanda said...

Looks so beautiful, Sabrina! Though I have to say I don't envy you the mosquitoes. I DO envy the warm weather, at least a tad. It was warm enough today to go around without a jacket (but not really warm enough to wear shorts), but on the whole it feels like March. I have to keep reminding myself it's the middle of July.

Anyhoo. On to the next post! :)

The Neufelds said...

Glad you had a nice camping trip... it was nice seeing you while you were on the Island... Love Melissa