CampOut

Looked forward to this all week.  A weekend on the river.  The little man got to go early with Uncle Pat while I worked and the little woman went to daycare.  Then we all met up.  We bbqed burgers and watched ships go down river.  The birds were flying majestically.  There are ospreys and bald eagles here regularly.
It started very quiet.  Just a few tents set up.  Just felt weird at first.

Longer Day

It wasn't the longest day this month, but it was a longer day.  We are trying to get the rental returns done.  Made great headway today having extra hours to accomplish it.  I have three pallets sitting on the floor waiting to go.  I only have two small orders left to process.  :)
We talked about July and I have several full days.  Rush.  Inventory.  Liz is taking some vacation days.  So while I expected to be light on hours this month.....it's not happening that way.  Good.
After work I hit the grocery store before I picked up the kids.  Good plan there.  And they haven't gotten into the groceries yet either.  Told them it was all for camping.

Pie Night

We had planned on going out for dinner last night.  But once we were home the littles got distracted playing with a neighbor girl.  And Shari's went right out the window.
So today after I picked them up, we didn't go home first.  We headed straight to Shari's.  And Wednesday is free pie night.  So they had dinner and I had pie.  They didn't want pie so we got to bring one home.  Yum.  Lemon Sour Cream.

Clean Up at Home

Today I cleaned out the car.  I just did it at the beginning of the month and then we went to the beach.  So I'm cleaning and thinking how we are going to sand again in a few days.  Why do I always clean it before.  Anyway the job is done and again I am reminded how much of a good interior detail I need.  Too bad Johnny of Johnny's Detailing moved to Bend.  He came to you.
Then the yard was in terrible shape.  The grass grows no matter what.  So I wanted to get it mowed before the weekend.  And now that job is done.  I also played mowing fairy for a neighbor whose yard looked like mine.  Figured they didn't have time lately either and I was already hot.  They have to do their own backyard.  Both front yards look much better.

Camp Update

Too bad I didn't take a before picture when we set the tents up.  Pat and his friend went back out today and did some clean up around our campsite.  The biggest thing was the weed eating.  Between the tent and the road was a humongous patch of weeds that liked all that flooding.  Ehhhh.  Those weeds just like it there.  I think every year they have to be whacked down.  Once the weeds were down I noticed that one of "our" trees fell down.  I knew about the big tree down in the main camp, but just didn't see this one.  I sure appreciate all the work Pat and Dede did.

Tent is Up

We met Uncle Pat out at the island to set up our tents. We took our little tent since we didn't need the big one.  Pat took the big one because his little one developed a problem.  Too funny.  Some other friends brought out a load of wood for the fire pit.  They weren't sure they could get their truck to the camping area.  The road is still not fixed.  Not sure if it is going to get fixed by camping time.  I guess the plus side of that is that it may lessen the number of people camping next weekend.  If everything has to be packed in, it is quite a job.
The little man got put to work moving some cut brush.  He did an excellent job and then he played on the beach a bit.  The little woman didn't want sunscreen on so she hibernated in the car.  She was watching for us when we walked back to it.

Summer Fun

My friend Doug is on his way to the Midwest.  His annual trip back there.  He texted me to let me know he had made it to the first stop safe and sound.  Makes me a little jealous.
I had such a good time last year. Wish we were going again this year.  But we are staying in the PNW and doing the things we do here.  Maybe when he gets back I can finagle a bike ride for this year.
The summer got here fast and it is going to rock full swing.  We already did one camp at the beach and we will end the season with another one at another beach.  July is going to be crazy.  We start with camping (that we are going to go set up tomorrow), Fourth of July, Mommy visit, and family reunion.  I have rush and inventory at work in July.  I'm really not looking forward to inventory.  It is going to be bad this year.  By now we have usually gotten so much pre-counting done that it makes it much easier.  I know some has been done, but our dept. hasn't helped with any so we know......
Anyway it is going to make July fly by.