October 22-24, 2010
Gun Lake

It was a great weekend away, what we didn't know was that it would be the last FAMILY camping trip of 2010. Good thing we had such a great time.

Fall camping, is one of the best times for spending some time playing games in the trailer.

Camping right along the channel is a great opportunity to do some fishing too.

The only fish of the weekend - and it swallowed the hook.

Allison loved spending time on her tree trunk. Which reminds me, Allison figured out she could read over this camping trip. She saw a sign that said "NO PETS" and had sounded it out and came running over to me to tell me what it said. This was just the beginning of her new adventure in reading.

Paul and Sam went for a walk and found an abandoned boat buoy. The remainder of the weekend it became known as "Sam Buoy". There were many times, where Paul would repeatedly throw "Sam Buoy" into the water and Sam would pull it back into shore.

A campground with a swingset always includes underdogs from Dad.

Some brotherly bonding with "Sam Buoy"

We had some visitors...

Saturday night, Nicholas walked over the edge of the lake.
He ended up sitting there, just quietly looking out over the water for 15-20 minutes.
What a wonderful thing to see: your son appreciating nature and solitude.

A wonderful way to conclude the camping season.
A beautiful view of the moon.....

...and a nice warm campfire.