My
family is my strength and my weakness. - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
First I must start with an apology. I am a week late because
I have been a little lazy getting back into the swing of things, as well as
sick, but hopefully my posts will begin to become more regular again.
The trip back to Wine Lake Camp was very rough. It was my
very first time traveling completely alone, and I am impressed I managed to
make it in one piece. Two flights, lots of waiting, and a greyhound later I was
literally dropped off at an intersection on the highway at 4am. Luckily my wonderful
father was waiting for me. Another long drive, and a very cold boat ride later
I was back at Wine Lake. Well for like 2 minutes until I went to my room and
slept the rest of the day. Next thing you know it was Saturday and I was up at
5:30 saying goodbye to people I had only just met. Dad did not waste anytime throwing
me right back into the daily life!
Luckily it was a light week (our first of the season), and I
was able to wean myself back into our rugged life style. It was a small group,
but not quiet. Before I made the journey back it was brought to my attention
that one of our guests had a birthday the day before mine. As a birthday
present he requested a little crown, and since I am underage in the states I
did what any thoughtful person would do and I got him a little crown! The
surprise on his face was priceless!
Even more exciting, it turned out that another person in his
cabin had a birthday the same day; lucky for him I had an extra crown!
Now this spry young fella wore me out just watching him. He
runs everywhere! He says he likes to run because walking is too slow. Maybe I
should take after him, he was in very good shape!
As usual tournament day was wonderful! I even had a little
help with the brownies! A little girl by the name of Nellie helped me every
step of the way.
It was a great week with some great people, and I can not
wait to see them again.
Now there is family week…
Typically, when guests arrive on Saturday we ask for them to
be at the landing around 9:30. Well this week when dad got there he found 2
people there a little early. His friends couldn’t wait, so they made sure they
were there on time! As time passed still no one showed up at the landing. No
one would answer the phone either. Eventually all his friends showed up, but
the family was still nowhere to be found…
Now the first thing to know it the family decided to ride up
in my uncle’s brand new RV.
I knew something was wrong when my little sister, Macy, sent
me a message saying “Worst day ever.” Turns out, when dad finally got ahold of
them the RV was not so new anymore. On the way up they ended up hitting a deer,
which set them back a couple hours. No big deal right? Stuff happens. So dad
went back to wait for them. Now after a couple hours I am thinking, “They are
taking entirely too long.” No one would answer their phones either. About 6 is
when they finally showed up, and I couldn’t believe what happened. As they were
pulling into the driveway, the RV sank and got stuck! They had been trying to
get it out, but finally gave up and decided they would worry about it later in
the week…oh my.
After getting everyone to their Cabins and showing them the
camp they were in love! Everyone was so proud of what my Dad has accomplished,
AND how much weight he has lost! Everyone caught up a bit then headed their separate
ways weary from travel.
Then came Sunday. My aunt and her new husband (the one’s
whose wedding I left for) went fishing. Not 30 minutes later they are back and
my aunt was in a panic. Turns out they had caught a pike, and while trying to
remove the hook the fish decided to hook dear Brian.
The hook was incredibly stubborn, and did not want to be
removed, but Brian was a good patient. After taking some aspirin, they were
back out fishing.
Then of course the most important day of the yer, and the
moment you have all been waiting for…
MONDAY!!!!!
Better known as my birthday!!!!
I woke up to my wonderful family and of course…Presents!!!!!
I got a robe, some fancy socks, and books. It was then that the adventure
started. My aunt wanted to go exploring, and to pick some blue berries. Let me
tell you, it was one of the most fun, and intense journeys I have ever been on.
It started at the sandy beach where we found moose tracks, shells, frogs, and a
tiny leech!
We had a fun time exploring and walking on the sand, but the
blueberries were calling. From the beach we made our way to little trout. I had
never been there, and man was it exhausting! That hill is something else.
But we made it to the boat.
And found the pitiful few blueberries that were left.
Then I had to wade in the water up to me knees to get us on
the move again. So much for that shower I took.
From there we journeyed to the hill across from the ranger’s
cabin. We found even less blueberries there, but I did have service at the top
of the hill so not a total loss.
Then we did get slightly lost on the way back down, but
uncle Pete pointed us in the right direction.
After that we did a little tour of the ranger’s cabin.
My journey ended there because I desperately needed to change
out of my wet jeans and shoes, so I went back and talked to so friends. Dinner
was amazing. A wonderful friend of ours bought steaks for the whole camp! We
had a great family dinner, I got to wear a crown, and my mom made me a cake!
Then I received the best birthday present of all:
I got a selfie with a chipmunk.
There was a little more fishing before we hit the hay, but overall
it was a wonderful day!
Tuesday was uneventful, and I took the day to read one of my
new books. Dad wasn’t very happy I was being lazy, but hey, it was a good book!
There were lots of board games played, and my mom and dad got to spend some
time together fishing.
Tournament day was a little out of the ordinary this week.
Dad had to meet someone at the landing to get the RV unstuck and decided to
postpone until he got back. Well he forgot to give the guests the memo and they
took matters into their own hands. By the time he got back the fish were
measured and cleaned! The camp was ready for a fish fry! We got some music
playing and everyone had a great time. I even got to do some more drawing.
After everyone had their fill we switched it up and had ice
cream and reese’s bars!
Then it was time to go fishing again!
Lots of good fish were caught, and it was a beautiful night!
The week wound down with some bonfires,
Tiny fish,
Lots of laughs, and good friends.
It was very sad to see my family go. My family really is my strength
and my weakness. They keep me going, give me hope, show me love, good times,
and laughter. They are the ones who have stood by me at me strongest, but also
my weakest. They can motivate me, and, especially this week, demotivate me
(sorry dad). We may be a hot mess, we may argue, be loud, crazy, weird, and
sometimes grumpy, but that is what makes us the family we are. If we fall down
there is always someone to help us back up. Love you all, and can’t wait to see
you soon!
