As soon as Stewart got home from work this morning, we headed out for camping near Lake George, NY.

We set up camp in the rain… and, as always, we realize that all campgrounds are not created equal.  But we figured it out and got on to eating.
I do love cooking over a campfire, and tonight’s dinner of hot roast beef sandwiches did not disappoint.  We made sugar cone “smores” and enjoyed the campfire.

Morning comes early for us.

After a chill breakfast of pancakes, etc., we headed to Lake George to peek around.  It was fun surprising the kids with a game of mini-golf.  What is normal to a lot of families is not normal to our “big” family.  I actually heard one of the older kids telling one of the younger kids they shouldn’t ask to play mini-golf, because it is so expensive.  It was with a tremendous amount of joy that we blew their minds pulling into the parking lot.

Here is a photo of Johanna and Katriel with the winner of the mini-golf.

(Yes; that’s me.)

After golf, we parked the van and wandered around by the fort and the beach.  We tried to get ice cream there, but they were not interested in working with us to insure a peanut-free experience.

We headed back towards camp and stopped at the Stewart’s Shoppe, which provided us with amazing flavors and GREAT experience.

Back at camp we had taco’s in a bag for lunch.

And daddy found a way to set up a hammock.  I took a book to the pool so the girls could swim.

We made friends with the ducks!

And we had some sort of hot dog/croissant meal for dinner.