Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies

 ~ ~ ~ 

Our annual family camping trip was in Brighton state park in Vermont...it took forever and ever and ever 

to drive there and even longer to get home.

I read that Dolly Parton died on the morning we left so I listened to her music for the entire 4.5 hours it 

me to drive home.

~

My daughter, Hannah, chooses a site for us and this year did not disappoint.

Our camp site was right on Spectacle pond and was private so the kids could go swimming and we could 

see them from our site! 

~

My niece gave me her old twin size air mattress. She used it when she was in college but didn't need it 

anymore. It is a really nice one that she had only used a few times so I was very grateful. I brought lots of 

blankets and pillows so my bed was very comfortable. My 5 year old granddaughter, Natalie, shared it 

with me two of the four nights we were there which was so much fun even though she sleeps like

an octopus! The nights got down to the low 50s as we were up in the Green mountains and only about

a half hour from Canada.

~

Hannah spent a lot of time in the water with the children and they had so much fun playing with her.

She has a very playful nature and is a therapist that works with children so she enjoys them as well. 

The children call the American flag float, Gary. Earlier in the summer Verne was telling his sisters to

get on the ferry and he would pull them around in the pool but they thought he was saying the gerry. 

Somehow that turned into Gary and that's what we called it all weekend. 

Gary ended up in a lot of our pictures!

We also saw frogs, turtles, fish, and lots of loons on the pond. We heard wolves and coyotes at at night and  there were so many loons. They sounded so beautiful at dusk and sunrise. We even heard them in the night. It's such a haunting and beautiful sound. 

~

Our last day there was Bonnie and Dan's wedding anniversary!

~

Here are a few pictures of the pond which was very pretty.   The clouds, mist and fog hung up on the

 mountains and looked so pretty.

We did some reading, some knitting and crocheting, and Verne played his guitar for us as well.

We had a campfire every night and delicious coffee every morning.

~

~

And then it was time to say goodbye until next year. 

~ ~ ~