We decided to take a local vacation this year and spend a week at my parent's cabin out at Innsbrook. We timed it so that the girls could participate in Innsbrook's summer camp (a daily camp that ran from 9-12:30 in the mornings). We were looking forward to a week filled with lots of time at the beach, some hiking, boating, fishing, and maybe some berry picking at a nearby farm. We didn't QUITE get all of that thanks to a tropical depression that decided to sit over St. Louis and drop record amounts of rain for the ENTIRE week. But, the girls still got to enjoy camp -- to their credit, they only cancelled one day -- and Scott got to enjoy a week off of work, and the kids got to watch LOTS of movies and play games and do puzzles, and we didn't spend a lot of money on the vacation (just the cost of camp and food for the week) and didn't travel far, so all in all we still counted it as a successful vacation where we MOSTLY stayed cheerful and upbeat. (But lets be real, we were in a relatively small, open cabin for seven days with five people -- three with endless amounts of energy -- and not always a lot to do. There were moments of crabbiness. Lots of crabbiness....)
Our pretty drive out to the cabin Friday night
Super excited to sleep in the bunk beds our first night -- Teddy and Merrill had grand plans to sleep on the bottom (full-sized) bunk. One guess how long that lasted!
Saturday morning was actually really nice, and even a bit hot. We got in our one and only 'hike' of the week. (we walked the roads instead of finding a trail as the thought of ticks gave Merrill extreme anxiety)
Still sporting her glasses
watching a caterpillar
done walking, but not quite home
After lunch, Scott and the girls headed to the beach. Then the clouds rolled in so we headed to the closest town to pick up reinforcements for what was going to be a long week -- puzzles, crafts, and games. Then it was back to the cabin to play and watch the rain.
A common view during the week -- notice the spillway is running, but not overful
That's rain, not fog
The spillway starting to really run
We ended Saturday night watching the Lion King -- I was the only one who had seen it!
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