our humble abodes
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Amelia has been so excited about going camping since we bought our camper. Every day last week when she woke up she’d ask us if she could go see her camper and if we could go camping. She knew it was coming soon! One morning before daycare she said to Kevin “I want to see my camper RIGHT NOW!” So finally on Sunday, we were able to grant her that wish!
What a nice week we’
ve had, despite the weather! We’
ve been camping since Sunday @
Flandrau State Park in New
Ulm. Sunday was in the 80’s and sunny. Monday was cool, cloudy and rainy. Lots of rain overnight on Monday night. We had some thunderstorms over night and when we woke up this morning the canopy on our camper was filled with water.
Today was cool and cloudy all day with a few sprinkles. It’s been an enjoyable trip over all. The kids have been having a blast! They are really enjoying camping.
We asked Jake if he’d like to come camping with us. He gladly accepted and hopefully he’ll come with us again! Even with the noisy kids! Some how he manages to sleep through all of their shenanigans. Amazingly Amelia and Paul have slept until at least 7:00 am.
We’
ve had good food, good fun and lots of laughs. It really helped to do meal planning, we’
ve had burgers on the grill, scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, tequila lime chicken breasts, foil potatoes, corn, French bread, pancakes, fried eggs, pita pizzas on the grill. It’s all been so tasty!
Yesterday we toured the
Schell’s Brewery
http://schellsbrewery.com/home.php and had some beer samples. It was kind of interesting, we
didn’t see a lot of the brewery, but learned a little history of the brewery and then watched a video on brewing beer. We sampled six different beers, also 1919 Root Beer, which they make at
Schell’s Brewery. The weather
hasn’t been the best, but we’
ve been making do!
Today we went and saw
Herrmann the German.
http://www.hermannmonument.com/ It’s a statue in New
Ulm that you can climb all the way the top and the view is incredible. We also went and walked downtown New
Ulm, nothing too exciting down there.
Wednesday June 4
th.
We checked out of the campground early, we could have checked out at 4:00, but opted to check out early due to the cloudy weather. We left the campground around 11:30. It was nice to get home and get the camper cleaned out and get going on the laundry. Now back to work tomorrow!
It was a lot of fun to get the camper out, a bit disappointed we didn't get to use the pool at all, I'm sure the kids would love swimming too. I'm hoping we can get the camper out sometime soon! The kids had a blast!
From left to right: 
Amelia and Paul---waiting for the Relay for Life to Start
Her Poodle Skirt that Grandma Carrie Made the day of the Relay!
Mr. Paul
