Last August, at the end of our year-long membership at Fort Langley, we took our kids camping there for the first time.
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They really loved it and wanted to go back and do it again.
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This summer, though, I thought it might be nice to go somewhere different--try somewhere new. Fort Langley is great, but we have been there many, many times--and there is also a very loud train that goes by the fort about every half hour all night long (I remembered this well, because last year it woke Eric--and, therefore, me--up EVERY TIME!).
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The kids, though, begged and begged to go back. Finally I gave in and booked us into the same cabin (O-tent-ic, to be more precise) on the same weekend as our last visit.
"Here we go again," I thought, "same old camping trip as last year" (you have to imagine this spoken in Eeyore's voice to get the full effect).
But, really, it was very fun--and hardly at all the same!
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This year, after many hours of debate about who would get to sleep on the top bunk . . .
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Ben finally won out over Alaina. (Janae had it last year.)
Janae and Alaina set up all the beds with PJs for everyone, finally deciding to put the argument aside and make the camping trip the "best vacation ever."
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Last year the kids rode their bikes around the fort the entire evening and into the night, carrying their flashlights long after dark.
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This year, they developed the "Bicycle Olympics," which was much more challenging, even if it didn't last as long.
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Best of all, Eric actually rode his own bike!
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We also had a lot more dressing up this year--with Eric, Alaina, Ben, and Jason joining in the fun.
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So, as you can see--it was . . . really not that different.
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The kids even want to go back again next year, so pretty much exactly the same! Stay tuned for more Fort Langley pictures from the summer of 2017, I guess :) I'm sure everyone will be a little bit taller. . . .
1 comments:
How fun!! Looks like you've found an annual tradition:)
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