Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Memorial Weekend

Memorial weekend was the 7th annual CnC campout at Yucaipa Regional Park. We had the worst weather in the history of the campout, with rain the first day and COLD the whole weekend. About a dozen couples show up, and all their kids. (hard to believe those couples are in their 40s now). So this was a big outing in spite of the weather. I was glad to have the RV as nights were winter-like. Where is global warming when you need it?
Per Jo's blog I took Micah & Sarah fishing. Sarah was very attentive to her pole, but Micah was all done in about ten minutes. (If Sarah catches a fish I think she will be "hooked" for life.) Micah decided to leave but showed up a few minutes later saying he couldn't find his way back to the campsite. No one around us caught anything so pescadorial skills didn't seem to be the problem. The sign said they stocked 1000 lbs of fish only three days before we arrived but I only saw a few fish on stringers all weekend.
Favorite moment... Someone took along some plastic sleds. I think they were snow toys. A steep weed covered hill became the toboggan area for the kids. Sarah took to the event early. Micah and Seth a little later. With no one else on the hill I chanced to glance at the top and see Micah situating himself on the front of the sled, with little arms wrapped around him from behind (it was Seth!), and away the two of them went. They reached the bottom, all smiles. Click on the pix to enlarge and get the full facial effect.

3 comments:

April said...

great picture of micah and seth...i remember you teaching me how to fish. and i remember really enjoying it.

JamieB said...

soo cute... micah looks like he was a bit surprised at how much fun it was!

la femme elisabeth said...

Sounds like fun except for the weather! Nothing like "sledding" on dirt and fishing for the first time Too bad they didn't catch anything--I remember that thrill! I was indeed, "hooked"!