It did rain during the night. Tent kinda of leaked, but we weren't drenched. Matt was in charge of breakfast and he had moved to a shelter and was cooking bacon, hash browns and eggs out of the rain. The wind was picking up, luckily, Phillip had 2 tarps in with the BW gear. He set they up to block the wind. We were good to go for the next couple hours. Matt cooked, we ate (grazed), kids played, grown ups drank camp coffee, warm rain, kids wet anyway, playground, more eggs, fruit, bagels, kids climbed fence, more coffee, kids find mud puddle,(pretty easy to do) jumping contest in puddle, so cute. Lil' Brooks just slept through it all, snug as a bug in a car seat. Life should be full of memories like these. Later back a the camp site we put out stuff to dry. The kids all had bikes and helmits. They got a lot of use, The blacktopped road around us didn't have much traffic. And the kid's wheels were spinning ... some times 6 vehicles at the same time with the adult bikes that were packed, too. The RR were a ways off, some times bikes were used to get there, but a p tree was also designated. Little boys loved to use it. Luke had gotten a remote control airplane at a garage sale a couple weeks ago and was itching to try it out. He took a few test drives in the camp ground ... too many hungry trees. We all enjoyed watching his attempts. And the tree climbing that went with retrieval. Too windy, but fun to try. Missy was in charge of lunch. She brought stuff for wraps. Naps for kids. Nice lazy afternoon. Showers. Luke and Karen had a card Monopoly game. After naps Denny gave 4 grandkids rides on the Harley. Phillip transferred the tarps to overhead protection by the camp fire. Didn't really look like rain, but maybe forethought could ward it off. If it was going to rain, the plan was that we were all headed into Kirksville to eat, but about 5 it still looked clear, so Luke,Karen and I went to bring Casey's pizza back to camp. We also got another camp chair for me. (Luke had brought a Hogslat chair for Denny. Actually Luke had just brought the chair for himself and Denny reclaimed it,) Of course, with in 30 minutes after getting back with the pizza, it started to rain. The tarps worked great keeping off the rain as we sat under them. Perhaps it would have been better if the fire had not been started. The idea was to take the chill out of the air, but the reality was that IT WAS SMOKEY!! Eye watering SMOKEY!! Cough making SMOKEY!! Smoke that didn't dissipate when fanned with paper plates. Gotta love memories like this. After kids were in bed (tent sleeping bags) we just sat by the fire, smoke had subsided. So good to spend time with family.
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