The weather ended up changing our plans a bit since it was in the 90's each day with some days reaching 100*. This is really hard when you're tent camping. The sun would shine brightly on the tent making it too hot to go into the tent after 10am. We ended up spending naptime each day in the grandparents camper or RV to cool off in their A/C. By day 10 we had had enough of the heat. The kids weren't sleeping well in the heat (neither were we). We were all getting cranky. The forecast called for 101* with a heat index of 108* so we headed home a few days early. We spent our days dreaming of a time when we'd be able to afford a camper.
Even with the unusually hot weather, we had a great time. I took lots of pictures, as usual, and I'll warn you now that you'll be seeing a lot of camping pictures for the rest of the week. If you come here to read about gardening, knitting, cooking, or baking... hang in there.... in a few days, they'll be back.
The view from the tents. We had a large, flat "backyard" for the kids to play in. 
Digging is a nice way to start the day.
Oops, Evan... I think you need to go out a bit farther to get your raft to float, buddy.
Charlotte had a visit from her Canada Goose buddies. They were very gentle and not aggressive.
We didn't have any bread for them this day so they just got close and looked at us.... hoping.When we still didn't have bread, they went about preening their feathers and looking in the water for food.
Charlotte loved being able to see them up close.
Evan gave them a glance and went back to digging.
