At The Cabin

My Aunt Dot has a cabin in Fruitland that she 

lets us borrow from time to time.

We love it! It's a cabin with no running water, not really any electricity, and NO bathroom. 

There is a loverly outhouse down a little path.

I am not really a "princess" type girl, but outhouses are not on my list of favorite things.

Here is why we go to the cabin...

 

This is the view off of the deck.

 

Another view from the deck, and no people for miles.

 

Yet another view from the deck.  

You can sit there and spot little birds and creatures,

sometimes even deer if you are lucky! Although we are most likely much too loud to attract any deer.

I have many childhood memories of the cabin. Mostly good, like catching lizards, hiking, finding treasures (aka - pine cones, flowers, rocks).  Some bad, like breaking my rib when my brother pushed my off the deck, sitting in a fire ant pile and being terrified of getting attacked by bears.

The kids were on the tire swing in the 

loft almost constantly. Which means I should have taken more pictures, but alas I didn't.

I was on vacation too.

 

My husband does smile - I promise!

 

Thanks to the swing I got William to sleep on the 

second night there.

It's nice that you can just fall asleep anywhere and anytime.

But no one can guarantee your safety from pranks.

 

We could only get 2 creepy dolls on 

Doo-Il before he woke up,

which was a little disappointing, because 

we had a whole box full of creepy dolls!

How cool is my little man? 

We shall call him 002.

 

Don't mess with my tippee cup!

I've got my eye on you!!!

 

Foosball was also a big hit.

 

I just have to add that I came away the champion.

Not to make Soungsik feel worse, 

but I do love to rub salt in wounds.

I creamed him.  4 times in a row - 4 times!!!

The kids weren't entirely without electricity.

Jee Hoon brought his Ipad.  

And surprisingly the battery lasted the entire 3 days.

 

We did lots of other fun things too.

I waited in the car with the children while

the menfolk were fishing.

Mostly because it was freezing cold at Strawberry Reservoir.  

It was nice, the kids ate snacks and played card games in the back, and I read and ate chocolate in the front.

I bet when pioneer menfolk came back from fishing

and their wives were waiting in the wagon,

that they actually brought fish with them.  

It's just a hunch I have...

We also got to do shooting.

This I was not to best at. However I am getting better.

Soung-Jo was a policeman in Korea, 

so he is a really good shot and a pretty good teacher too!

We had lots and lots of yummy food.

No fish of course...

 

Plenty of chocolate milk though!

I wonder if Hershey's would want a little male model?

If you must go camping may I suggest taking 3 Korean men with you?  They did all of the hauling, prep work, cooking, cleaning, dishes, late night potty trips with children, etc.

Maybe 3 American men would work too, I'm not sure. 

I might be a little spoiled.  

I did change a diaper or two, whoa is me!

We played many hours of cards games at night.

I kind of creamed everyone in this department as well,

not that anyone is keeping track. 

If we were keeping track you would know that we played Hearts and my grand total score was 8 - 

that's impressive for those of you who don't play! 

I must have cabin luck!

And last but not least we dug.

Well the kids dug and I sat lazily in my fold up chair by the fire and watched.  I remember when digging was fun too.

I think it was sometime before we built our own house.  That sucked the fun right out of it for me. I don't think you can be a true kid if you don't go explore around in the dirt every now and then.  

 It was a fun trip and it was also fun to come home to my shower and toilet!!!