Vacation v.1.5

So, where was I?

Oh yeah, first night camping at Blue Lake Provincial Park in our new trailer.

It rained. It rained, it rained, it rained and it rained some more. The news folks on the radio the next morning used the word "torrential." I think the area got around 45 mm over night. That's about 1.75 inches. It's a lot of rain.

And I learned that sleeping in our new tent trailer was kinda like sleeping in a tin can, or maybe a drum, when it comes to raindrops and noise. It was noisy. It was never-ending. Oh, and it was dark too.

It was the kind of dark in which you can not see your hand in front of your face. And for two boys, ages 6 and 4, that can be a little frightening, when you're sleeping inside of a drum for the first time.

"Dad . . . DAD . . . I think I'm lost," Sonwun said, as we was pounded out of his sleep at about 1 a.m. He wasn't panicked or anything, but he was a little nervous. You could hear it in his voice. He just needed to know, basically, where he was and that he wasn't alone.

Okay, lights on, switch sleeping arrangements up. Me with Sonwun, Sontoo with Neomom. And it rained, and it rained and it rained . . . And, not lying, I actually dreamed the Red Cross showed up to move us to higher ground. Weird, I know.

But when dawn arrived, we were dry. Our beds were dry. Our clothes were dry. Yeah, we were tired as no one had slept much, at all. But we were dry and tired. Glass was half full. And we still had a little less than three weeks to go in our little road trip adventure.

Anyhoo, last time I think I mentioned that we couldn't find the electrical supply at our campsite. Upon arrival, we searched and we search. Parks staff searched. More parks staff searched. The closest one anyone could find would have taken at least two extension cords to reach.

We were assured by parks staff that, yup, that appeared to be the one we were supposed to use. And yup, sucks that it's so far away. And yup, we can rent you an extension cord for a small fee.

Wasn't happy with this. Rented an electrical site. Didn't want to have to rent a third extension cord to use the electricity within our electrical site.

And, without belabouring the point, eventually, the following day, another parks guy showed up and found the one we were actually supposed to use, buried in the trees. Now we had power, we had music, we had our own source of coffee. All was well.

So, that was night one, half day one of our 3-week vacation. 

More later.

So, in spite of the negatives, I am happy to report a very positive positive. Before we tucked in to sleep the first night, we met "Lynn" and her husband at a nearby campsite. Unfortunately, they had to leave the next day and they did so while we were exploring the campgrounds. But we returned to our site to find their leftover (dry) firewood and a bubble gun (yes spelled correctly) for the boys. A really beautiful gesture from someone we barely met. Thanks Lynn, of Oakbank, MB. The boys loved it!