May Long Weekend - Thursday Night Intro

The May Long Weekend has come and gone, and it was so much fun! I've been waiting to post my blog entry, because I have so many pictures to go through that it's hard to decide which ones to use! I'm also posting this in many parts, once again because of all the pics, so it's gonna be a long read!

I figured I'd start this off by giving a few general details about the whole weekend, since I only have one pic for Thursday night. All the other entries, the pics can speak for themselves!

So, Thursday night I drove Darcy, Mitch and our three dogs up to the camp. Darcy had Friday off, so he wanted to leave early. Unfortunatley, I had to work Friday, so I had to come back home. Scott was already up there when we arrived, and Vince was there too. It was raining that night, so I think they stayed inside most of the evening, but they still had a good night.

Kim showed up at 4:00am Thursday night, or should I say Friday morning, as soon as she finished her shift at work. She has a car, so she obviously can't drive right in to Scott's camp, so Scott agreed to go meet her with his four-wheeler. All I can say, is thank God Kim was smart enough to bring a flashlight with her! Scott did manage to stay awake long enough to drive out and wait for her, but he parked his bike off to the side of the road and proceeded to fall asleep! Meanwhile, Kim drove right past him, parked her car and waited for him. She figured that he wasn't coming, grabbed her flashlight and walked in through all the mudholes to Scott's camp, expecting to wake him up! She was surprised to find that Scott wasn't even there! Down the road, Scott woke up and saw Kim's car parked a way's down..so he went back to the camp to find Kim. It all worked out in the end..but Kim you need to get off those late shifts..heh heh!

Friday was another crappy weather day! Rain, thundershowers, wind, you name it! I arrived about 5:30 with my Mom's dog Cosmo (Mom was on her cruise, and my brother Nick gone away for the weekend), and then Jen, Aaron and Autumn arrived around 8:00. We had a fire going for a little while outside, but the rain soon started again! We all moved into the porch, Darcy had put the screens up the week before, which was a great help keeping the flies at bay, and the sideways rain! Mitchell and Autumn stayed inside doing crafts most of the night, the rest of us just spent the evening catching up.

Saturday was a really nice day..sunny with cloudy periods, but absolutely no rain! We all had a big community breakfast at Scott Horton's , then everyone except Kim and I went on a fishing trip with the four-wheelers and boat/canoe, to the "secret" lake. Kim and I waited for Colleen, Danny and Daniel to arrive, and spent our time over at Scott's...Kim pulled roots in the yard, and we both got eaten by blackflies. The fishing group had a long day..but it was a fun journey! It took them 3 hours to get there, many delays with unexpected branches and trees, which Darcy had to cut, and lots and lots of waterholes! I think they only got one fish, which Darcy released, and Autumn fell asleep on the way there and back. They were all quite tired when they got home.

Dan, Coll and Daniel arrived around 2:30 that afternoon. We set up Daniel's playpen, Coll fed him, and he went down for a quick cat-nap. The rest of the crew arrived around supper time, we had a BBQ, and then built a campfire. We roasted marshmallows, had some drinks, and so many good laughs that everyone complained how sore their stomaches and faces were from laughing so much! It was definately one of the funnest nights I've had at the camp in years! Aaron brought a box of fireworks out at dark, and Darcy the pyro set most of them off. Very cool! Autumn was a little freaked out, she stood there with her ears covered most of the time, she liked to look at them, just not hear them! Poor Daniel was sleeping in the camp, and the dogs would bark everytime a firework would go off, they almost woke him up! Luckily he slept soundly until the next morning..and he didn't even wake anybody up when he awoke, just Coll! He was so good!

Sunday was another nice day! Coll and Dan headed out by lunch time, back to Miramichi to visit some relatives. Kim headed out as well, although she hated the thought of going to work at 4:00pm...sucky! Darcy and Aaron went on another adventure to a no-name lake, which they soon decided to call "Dead Lake", since there were absolutely no fish in it! Autumn layed down for a nap, and slept the whole afternoon, Jen and I had a game of Boggle and soon decided we'd have a nap too! Mitch was not impressed whatsoever! He really wanted us to go with him on the four-wheelers down to the river..we had no energy for that trip! After supper, we all piled on the four-wheelers and went for a cruise through all the cutouts behind the camp. It was such a beautiful evening, except the flies were wicked, so we kept moving as much as possible. We saw a baby moose, but didn't get a picture..which was too bad. Halfway through the trip, Vince's bike started making some really bad sounds, so he decided to head back right away. The rest of us weren't too far behind..especially since our bike started making funny sounds soon after! What's the chances of that? Anyway, we came back, had a fire, the kids played washers for a while and later that night the rain started..boo! We headed back to the porch where we remained the rest of the evening. It was a good night despite the rain, the boys jammed on the guitars for a bit, and we had some good laughs.

Monday, we woke up to a downpour! It rained continuously all night long! Not a good day to be packing up for home! Vince was gone by 8:00am, the Martin clan packed up quickly for their trip back to Moncton, but did stop by at Scott's for a cup of coffee on their way out (Autumn insisted). We weren't too far behind them. Our biggest problem was figuring out how we'd all fit in the truck on the way home! The three of us, plus 4 dogs! Thankfully Scott drove Kate home, and Cosmo, Jake and Meg all squeezed into the backseat of our truck! Fun! Fun! You can't imagine how smelly 3 wet, muddy dogs are inside of one vehicle! YUCK!

So, that's a quick play-by-play of the whole weekend..the next posts will mostly be pictures, that's enough writing for this chickie! Read on..