The RV storage lot just down the road from our house has been cleared out. May long is the official start of camping season and on Friday the campers and boats formed a steady stream down the highway despite the freezing temperatures and cold winds. I, myself have been known to have graced a camp-ground on May long weekend, in the very distant past, armed with parkas, toques and insulated gloves to protect my fingers from icy cold beverages.
That's my girl in the balaclava! It was the only toque that felt right.
This year, I wore my parka, toque and mitts to the soccer field and Christine and I shivered next to each other on the bleachers to cheer on our girls. We briefly reminisced about those May longs of the past...sleeping in tents with extension cords connected portable heaters and trips back home to get more blankets, all in the name of good times. And in the next breathe we both say, nearly simultaneously, "I don't miss that at all!" Nearly two decades later, my friend and I are still rockin' May long in our winter gear only now instead of party pictures I have pictures of smiling girls in soccer jerseys that hang to their knees.
I wonder if these two will graduate from cold May longs on the soccer field to May longs at the camp-ground?
The buds are ready to burst...
...and our house guest only got away on us once.
We dug out some sidewalk chalk... and we made a rule that we can't take the sled out anymore.
And we pretended we were at the beach...ahh, yes, dreaming of things to come.
Now for a four day week and a little shout out to summer....
"We're ready and waiting!"
1 comment:
Awesome soccer pics! Hopefully next Friday will be sunny and warm without the wind and we can actually cheer on the girls instead of shiver and wonder how much longer. And yes summer, we are waiting!
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