Camping Spruce Woods 2015 was entirely different than Camping Spruce Woods 2014; the sun shone. We rode our bikes down to the Interpretive Centre and with a little help K and T even made it up the big hill back to the campsite. Some of us went for a hike in the Spirit Sands. To me a hike in the sand dunes when at Spruce Woods is compulsory; there is nowhere else in Manitoba quite like it.
During little M’s lunch break, 4 energetic souls climbed the high dune behind the shelter. Several times they raced each other to the top and jumped their way down again.
The sand at the beach was lovely. After a dip to cool off the engineers got to work constructing sand castles and an artist among us made a sand horse. Too bad it didn’t come alive like the dog in Robert Munsch’s book.
Tinfoil dinners are great when they don’t burn. Perhaps some of us are too particular about cooking them slowly, but they turned out perfectly.
We had our biggest turn out ever this year, 4 of which had never camped with us before. It was great to catch up with the Giesbrecht clan and the surprise visitors who kept showing up.
