Camping at Temperance River: Miscellaneous Images

We brought a kayak and paddleboard.  Our neighbors brought a canoe.  It was perfect paddling weather.  The lake was calm and icy cold, crystal clear.  Looking down through the water of Lake Superior will just never get old for me.  It’s like a entire hidden world down there!  Also, I never get tired of hearing the waves slosh up against the rocks.  When there are tiny caves, the water makes the best gurgling sound in the world.

Mr. TOF was excited to try out the paddleboard with Dr. Peds.  He learned to run his own paddle, and sometimes he even stood up on the end while Dr. Peds paddled from the back.  Perhaps the best place on the paddleboard, though, is lying flat on your stomach looking down over the front edge.  I don’t have pictures of this because I was watching from my kayak and didn’t have my camera on board.

Our neighbors brought Garfield books.  They were a hit. 

These two played “Happy Campers.”  

The dads were cooked amazing food on the campfire.  They know what they are doing.  Sometimes I did the dishes, but I’m telling you, I had it very, very easy.  

This little bear went for an accidental swim in the lake, but he liked drying out on the roof rack.  

The moon made a stellar appearance three nights in a row. 

Limes!  They popped up everywhere! 

At one point they had this part of the rock point sectioned off to make apartments to play house.  The apartments even had swimming pools (puddles in between the rocks).  

The Banana created several new superheros, drawn out in a notebook.  

Some of my favorite moments not documented visually:

• Mr. SP figured out a way to cook over the fire without smoke getting in his eyes:  he wore swimming goggles.  It looked pretty funny but it worked great.
• At one point Dr. Peds was walking away from me on the way back to the campsite from the beach.  I wanted to tell him something so I ran to catch up.  Mr. TOF was behind me, and saw me running.  He stopped dead in his tracks and exclaimed, “Mom!  You can run!  You can really run!  You can do it!  Now we can run all the time!”
• On the last night Dr. Peds commanded Mr. SP to take a shower.  He had been swimming in the river for three days, after all, and was wearing the same green Oscar the Grouch shirt the entire camping trip. .  Mr. SP grumbled, but he did walk over to other campground with the shower.   He came back cleaner and much less smelly.  After a bit Dr. Peds looked over at him and groaned.  “You seriously took a shower and put on the SAME shirt!  I can’t believe it!”  Nope.  Mr. SP was actually wearing a fresh, new Oscar the Grouch shirt.  It was pretty funny.