July 1 - 6, 2009
Pioneer County Park

Another great LONG weekend of camping. Because Pioneer Park doesn't take reservations, we knew we would have to be there early to get a site for the holiday weekend. Grandma and Grandpa decided to go up the weekend before and Aunt Nancy had a lot with her tent. So, on Sunday afternoon we brought the trailer up to the campground, taking over Aunt Nancy's site. We left the trailer there and I was able to head back up with the kids on Wednesday and Paul joined us Thursday night after work.

It wasn't really warm, but we kept busy playing games and met some really nice people next door with triplets. The kids next door were eager to share popsicles, tattoos and other things with our kids through the weekend.

We spent very little time at the beach due to the temperature, but did spend an evening down there for their traditional swim in their clothes. We also headed to Duck Lake for an afternoon as the inlet there allowed for warmer water.

Paul and I also took the kids up to the White River Lighthouse and museum. We had an interesting time looking at all of the ship memorabilia and climbing to the top of the lighthouse tower. Another wonderful weekend.