So I've been MIA for a bit...life is just busy sometimes. We spent the long weekend camping at Kent's family reunion which was a blast...then we escaped for some much needed family time. We happened to find a jewel of a campground complete with a large playground and a spray park. Which was perfect for the gorgeous weather we were blessed with over the extra three days we were camping.
Our camping adventure got started with the installation of a brand new hitch...now I'm not much for mechanically inclined things but this is a great hitch...it can slide up to 8 inches back to make parking and backing up wayyyy easier!
Then we headed out to the farm to pick up the trailer which needed a minor overhaul since it had been sitting out there for two years. Thank goodness Kent was home (because of the rain) and I was working. He did a fantastic job scrubbing and de-yuckifying the trailer!
So Kent got everything running and tested - everything was working great! The fridge was even working! Amen!
We planned to leave Friday at some point cause I was working out of town Thursday...not an overnight trip but far enough that it would be too late to head out Thursday night and the festivities at the reunion didn't start till Friday anyways. So when I got home from work Thursday - we went to get the last of the groceries we would need. We got home and Kent started out to the trailer with the first of the fridge stuff...the next thing I hear is "Kim come out here!" I'm thinking "that doesn't sound good". I get out there and the fridge has stopped working. Let me explain something that though the course of getting a trailer (which has a fridge) and getting divorced (my ex took both the biggish coolers) ...I got rid of my big cooler...why store something you never use! Doh...that's not the first time that thinking has come back to bite me!!!
So what to do? We really want to go camping but the no cooler and no fridge dilemma is a problem...did I mention that is already 1045pm???
Solution: a trip to Walmart! Good thing Sarah is still wide awake from the cookie the "nice" women at the grocery store gave her...sometimes I really dislike the cookie club! So off we go to get a cooler.
We get the cooler, get the rest of everything loaded in the morning and off we go in a somewhat glorified tent on wheels...I guess a little better we had running water and a flush toilet...that's my kind of camping.
It was a great drive out...including a stop in Mundare (which has the World's Largest Sausage), the reunion was a blast...lots of Kent's cousins have kids around Sarah's age so she had lots of kids to play with. I got to meet Kent's lovely sister Sophie, whom Sarah now thinks is the best thing since sliced bread. They had a great time...and Sophie doesn't live too far from my parents so I'm sure we will get a visit in soon.
The rest of the trip was great...we made daily trips to town for ice and supplies since I only was planning on being gone until Monday night...we needed to restock.
We spent most mornings hangout at the playground, then after lunch headed over to the spray park for some fun and to cool off! Kent and I both managed to get sunburned the last morning...mine has only stopped hurting today. Ouch!!!
We came home in time to start getting everything ready for Sarah's GO Fish birthday party on Sunday...I will post more about that next time...along with pictures.
You can also keep your eyes peeled for a progress update on my 30by30 list.
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