The first weekend in August took us to Lake Poinsett to help my sister celebrate her 30th birthday. We were delayed in getting there Friday night due the crazy storm that came through the area. We were probably 10 miles from the campground when Nichole called and told us not to come out. The wind had hit out there and Randy was left standing on a cooler throughout the storm to hold on to the awning on the camper. We turned around and headed back to Brookings to wait out the storm. We were probably crazy going back out when it was close to 10:00 at night, but we brought several (dry) blankets for everyone and we had all the fixings for breakfast the next morning. :)
The next day could almost be considered downright miserable. It was windy. Really windy. We spent the morning huddled on the East side of the camper and then the sun (what little there was that day) moved so we had to as well. We managed to somewhat huddle behind a large tree for the rest of the day. Due to the wind, there was no swimming (our campsite was right on the water). The poor kids wouldn't have been able to stand in the water at all, let alone us!
The wind did die down enough for us to start a fire that evening, but it was still pretty windy. I nearly lost my chair and phone (gasp!) in the fire. That was a lesson to all to make sure your neighbor held you chair if you had to get up!
Sunday morning was gorgeous, of course. But we were all pretty tired from the day before, so after some breakfast we all headed home.
Regardless of the weather, we had an absolutely fantastic time celebrating with Nichole and her family and friends.
Happy 30th Birthday, Nichole!
Lilli Jo loved the chairs
Dustin, Joanna and Justin (Nichole and Randy's neighbors)
She stayed pretty entertained with the chairs and some shovels
Cool dude
Mom and Dad came out with what we soon dubbed the portable playground
