Their camp spot was right next door. We worked at it a while and soon had them all set up, but that Macey is a whiz at setting up the camper. She knows how and did all the "inside" work. Tom had a piece of the tent frame missing so I manufactured one from an old piece of wire I had in Pumpkin's tool drawer. That and a zip tie held the entire week.
The nearest shower/restroom building was closed for painting - so they said. Anyway, that meant bathroom chores that couldn't be taken care of behind a tree had to be taken to the restrooms at the main office building and the equivalent of 4-5 blocks away. We had bicycles handy for the trip, but between rain and plain old urgency, Coors had the job of being the restroom shuttle. A few times, Coors needed a siren and flashing red lights.
Julie did most of the meal planning and much of the preparation. Mostly, the cooking was done in Pumpkin as Julie's kitchen was outside under the awning. Sometimes it was just too windy or wet to work there.
I found a pile of firewood at a nearby unoccupied campsite and used Joyce's tricycle (w/basket) to move it to our campsite. I also had brought a couple of boxes of kindling from home. So, we soon had a nice fire going. Needed it, too. The evenings were usually chilly.
Tom and I and the three girls took a trip to Grayson in Coors to get some Julie supplies. We spotted some sites we wanted to visit, so after we got back we went to a few. We stopped at a small cave but couldn't go in. The caves were closed, at least to non-escorted tours. We then stopped at the gift shop and found a path down to a natural bridge while there. That was pretty neat. A road passed overhead on the natural bridge and a fast running little stream passed underneath. It was more like a cave with two openings at each end than a bridge. There was also a huge hole through the top up by the road. It was a long ways up to the opening. We went on the road later and stopped to look at the hole from the top side. It was a long ways down to the bottom, too.
The park had a little miniature golf course and clubs could be rented at the office. We stopped by to see if we could get a complimentary round for the girls. We used the reasoning of no bathroom near our camp. A young guy was working there and when he saw the three girls, I don't think he paid any attention to our reasoning. He just said, "Sure". But, it was near closing time so we said we'd come back tomorrow to play - which we did. And, when we did, it was quite evident the kid was taken by the girls. He didn't charge them, but he did charge Tom and I. Guess we weren't quite as appealing.
The golfing was fun. We played two rounds. Grandpa won both. At one point something was said about Grandpa falling down and Addey said, "Then we could knock his ball all around". Ball quickly became plural and we they had a good laugh.
Time passed too quickly. But, Thursday Dusty showed up with Traci and kids and more fun kicked in. Of course, with the arrival of Dusty came rain, resulting in some inside activities.
