It has become a tradition for some members of the F family to camp together. This year we were at Otter Falls in the Whiteshell. It was nice, there has been talk of returning next year. The weather was definitely not too hot, but at least it only rained Thursday evening.
Friday we went to see the Petroforms; rocks arranged like turtles, snakes etc that are spiritually significant to the First Nations People.
The wild blueberries were plentiful and so delicious. Everyone helped themselves to an early lunch appetizer. The afternoon was spent relaxing while L&K played on the playstructure.
L&D arrived Friday night. Saturday we hiked Pine Point Rapids Trail. It was a little more ambitious at 8.2km return, but with some brainstorming Grandma was convinced that she could make it to the first waterfall. She did!
Grandma rested in her lawn chair with a book and a view of waterfalls while the rest of us did the second loop. With 4 kids and 6 adults it was bound to happen that someone would get separated from the pack. C turned off the trail where Uncle L was exploring, Ly missed this and continued on, moving faster and faster to try to catch up. When we realized that he was missing Daddy hurried up the trail, they were gone too long for my liking, but eventually Ly backtracked and was found. Thankfully he stayed on the trail and wasn’t really lost.
Sunday morning we organized ourselves for a game of ultimate Frisbee, boys against girls. It was fun, even if the girls didn’t stand a chance. I vote for a rematch on Mom and Dad’s lawn. After running around in the sunshine we braved the lake water. It was still too cold, but with true Manitoba spirit “it was refreshing”.
Thank you all for a great time, as Ly moaned during the packing up “360 days is too many days to wait!”