3rd weekend

We completed our 3rd weekend of camping and it was another great one. Friday night, there was supposed to be a band, Taste Like Chicken" playing outside in the pavilion, however since it was calling for rain, they moved it inside. We would rather not go into the bar because then you have to buy their beer and we had plenty of our own to drink so we decide to stay by the fire. About 9:00 we could see the storm rolling in and it was so cool, the lightening was just lighting up the sky it was beautiful about a half hour watching that, it started to down pour, we stayed under our camper awning and just watched it rain. We called it a night fairly early but what else is there to do when it's raining.

Saturday morning we got up, cooked breakfast and decided since the day didn't look like it was going to be very nice, however it turned out beautiful, but the clouds were kind of dark and we just didn't know, so me, Tom and Micayla decided to ride to Prairie Du Chein, WI it was about a half hour drive and it was well worth it, we went to a few shops in Prairie, I got a new windchime to join the one I got from my wedding. I love sitting outside listening to the music it plays. I can't remember the name of the store but they have 2 floors of all kinds of knick knacks, if you know what I mean. I know my mother would have a hay day in there. There is also an ice cream and fudge shop, so we cooled down with an ice cream cone and a little fudge to take home with us. After that store we went to Cabela's, kind of boring but it's neat to see the store. We got to watch them feed the fish. It was neat but we didn't stay too long. We ended up driving through the campgrounds that Noreen and Tom Larson camp at, but we couldn't find them, not sure if they were there or not, but we were only there once so we weren't 100% sure where there camper was and there's a lot of campers. So we left and headed to Bagley, Yogi Bear campgrounds so check it out. It's been years since we have been there, we, the Hendricks' would camp up there one time a year when Grandma and Grandpa were both alive. It was always fun, great memories. So while we were there, we knew a friend that camped up there, but unfortunately they weren't there so we just mosied on back to our camper. We got home around 5:00, ate supper and sat around the campfire, unfortunately the wood was wet so it took a while to get it going but we got it started.

Sunday we went to the pool for a little while before we left. We ended up getting bit up really bad. If all happened Friday after it started raining. We don't know if it was mosquitoes or Jiggers but whatever it was, it looks like we have chicken pocks on our legs and they itch like crazy!

So tonight, Monday, we went to Tom and Linda's for supper, she made steak, scallops wrapped in bacon, pasta and sweet corn. A delicious meal.. After that we went up to mom and dad's to talk to them for a while then we decided to go see Grandma, her house got flooded this past weekend, we had like 8 inches of rain and the rain just seeped through the ground and caused the basement to flood. Since we weren't around to help, the Ryan's all pitched in to help along with mom, dad and my nephews. So since I haven't seen Grandma in a few weeks it was great to see her. She gave me a big hug and it felt so good. We left so she could finish watching the Cubbies.