Our annual Labor Day camping trip with friends arrived in a flash, thus marking the end of summer.
Booooo
How does that saying go, "nothing lasts forever?" Well, poo on that. Summer should be courteous enough to last a little longer. Alas, it does not.
So we celebrated with one final hurrah and then called it a day. Our hurrah this year was held at Umpqua Lighthouse state park. It was a beautiful setting within walking distance of the lighthouse and a quaint lake. We had a marvelous time, complete with Kitty making her own chalk out of charred logs from the fire pit, and the adventure of a raccoon busting into our campsite and munching down on snacks galore. True story. We failed to properly put our food away and I was awakened by rustling sounds in the middle of the night. I was terrified as to what wild animal might be out there, and didn't want to be mauled and eaten.
So I sent Michael to investigate.
The fattest raccoon you ever did see was calmly eating our chips. Even when Michael shooed him away into the trees, the fat raccoon sat just outside our tent door and crunched on the bag of chips he had taken with him. I was looking into his eyes and he never broke my gaze. He just calmly kept reaching into the bag and pulling out chips. What a jerk.
The other downside - apart from the thieving raccoon - was that there was a burn ban in effect. We did not have a marvelous time adhering to the no campfire rule. That was the pits. I have decided not to go camping again with fire restrictions. It was such a bummer to go to bed once the sun went down. No late night chatting around the fire, no s'mores, no ghost stories - it was crappy. But...we had a wonderful time bidding summer farewell nonetheless.
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