Monday July 14

Monday, the last of us left our shangri-la to return home to the city. Just me and my littlest left from our family as work and strings camp meant they had to go back Sunday. Seeing as I had a lot to pack out, I was happy to have the bikes left for us. Go go gadget Sally the Xtracycle! This was my second trip to and from the dock. 

I was so hot driving back home that we stopped at Goldstream park so I could show my son the waterfall and cool off before we went to Costco next. 

All in all, it was a lovely, lovely camping trip. 

It's interesting how the dynamics are changing as all our children get older. The youngest one of the group now is my seven year old.  

Some stories from the five days. 

Two of the parents have their kids in a different tent. "I highly recommend the parents-only tent," she says with obvious meaning, then adds, "five days didn't used to feel like a long spell." 

Later. The teens are near and intently discussing "important decisions" like sex and drugs. One dad pipes up, "Drugs I could take or leave, but I wouldn't want to live without sex."  

Later again. A mom is telling another mom that she and her husband will be staying in a hotel in next weekend for the BC Games, just the 2 of them (as their son will be in athlete accommodations).  He says, "It will be a bit of the honeymoon we never had."  The other mom comments, "The camping conversations we have now are very different than they used to be!"

L