Before I talk about my weekend, I just want to thank everyone for the overwhelming response I received regarding the new layout. I don’t think any of my older layouts have gotten as much praise as did this one. So for that, I am utterly grateful. It felt that all the hard work I put into it really paid off.

So, during the weekend, my family went camping in Sauble Falls provincial park. My mum actually told me that while she was making reservations online, there was only one unoccupied campsite left in the whole park, which was pretty lucky of us. On Friday morning, everything was packed and put into the van. At first we thought all our stuff wouldn’t fit in the car and that it wouldn’t be able to handle the weight of all our things plus seven humans, but with a little more piling, stuffing and some swearing, we managed it. Let’s just say that my legs were numb throughout the whole three-hour ride and that I couldn’t leave the car without kicking someone’s face or else toppling over boxes of food, clothing and other unnecessary things we packed.

When we finally got to the campsite, we were all, YES! WE GOT HERE WITHOUT KILLING OURSELVES! I think my family can agree that the worst part about any trip is the car ride. Being inside the van was just so humid and claustrophobic, not to mention having to hold up the piles of boxes that could’ve flattened our faces if it wanted to. Anyway, after we set up the tents and everything else, to celebrate we decided to have an early marshmallow roast by the fire! Too bad mum forgot to bring the chocolates and graham crackers…

We were all feeling a bit better after that so we went to the beach to watch the sun go down. My mum kept bugging us to take pictures of her posing cheesily in front of the sunset like she was in a postcard, but I guess I don’t blame her. The view was quite breathtaking.

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On that first night, I slept horribly. Actually, I don’t even think I slept at all! I really wasn’t prepared for the autumn-like chill that bit us during that night. We could even see our breath in front of us. To make things worse, during the night I heard some scuffling outside the tent and something falling over. We went to investigate it in the morning and it turned out that a skunk had stolen some of our food. At least it only took a few pieces of bread and did not spray on anything. Although the van did smell a bit funky after that… (since the windows were rolled down during the night)

We spent the rest of the day exploring the park and taking pictures. The place had some really great views:

Afterwards, we went canoeing! It was really funny because my uncle and sister in one boat kept hitting the edges of trees and plants where they kept getting stuck there. Also, my mum and dad who were in their own canoe were having some trouble too. All my mum wanted to do was take pictures, so my dad was left to steer the whole boat. Their canoe kept turning in the wrong direction since my mum wasn’t helping, so they got stuck by the edge of the river too. All the while in our canoe, my brothers and I are shouting instructions at them like, MOM! HELP DAD PADDLE! across the water and getting weird looks from the other families who are trying to have a relaxing time. hehe

Despite the storm that night, I actually got some sleep in, which was good. The storm continued on and by the time we were eating breakfast this morning, lightning was cracking over our heads and our backs were sopping wet. We were planning to leave immediately and go home after we finished packing everything from the campsite, but the sun came out and we took a detour to the beach.

We saw how sunny it was and decided to stay and swim! My younger brother was really happy because he’s been looking forward to swimming in the beach since we left to go camping. We blew up his inflatable boat and chilled out in the water. We saw some guys stand up paddle surfing, heard some random band on the stage playing and others participating in the sand sculpting competition. Some sand sculptures looked really great:

Oh, and after that, my mom bought us the best thing you could eat after spending hours in the water:

Funnel cake. Warm, sweet, FUNNEL CAKE! It was seriously the best thing I ate during our whole camping trip. Maybe even the best thing I ate in my whole entire life. Even better than the macadamia nut cookies they sell in the school cafeteria (and that’s saying something!).

I couldn’t have thought of a better way to end the trip with. I had a blast (most of the time) and dad says we’re coming back next year. YAY FUNNEL CAKE!