Caboose Fun

Summer vacation this year was at Two Rivers State Park. We joined Lisa (an old L Street roommate) & Jeremy with their family. It was our first vacation with non-related family & it went great!
If you've never been there before, the "cabins" are quite a draw. They have 10 old cabooses decked out with bunk beds, bathroom & shower, kitchen, & air conditioning. While our daytime experience was very similar to camping, night was much easier with kiddos. I love to be able to wash off all of the sunscreen & bugspray before laying them down in a cool bed. Hallellujah! Jeremy let the kids try out -his- remote control gator.

Teresa even wanted to give it a try. Here she comes!
We enjoyed many tasty meals from the grill.

The campfire was still a necessity for marshmallow roasting, of course!

The kids spent a lot of time cruising...I mean racing the pavement on their bikes. There are five lakes to pick from when choosing a fishing spot. We had a beautiful morning to enjoy the lake. Unfortunately, this was our biggest catch.

A whole school of minnows was swimming right near the dock. Jeremy did some crazy acrobatics to scoop some into the sandpails for the kids to enjoy... then Darren offered him a minnow net. :P

One of the lakes had a pretty nice swimming beach.

At one point Andrew was rolling around in the sand, so I decided we should just go ahead & bury him. He liked it for about 10 seconds then started saying,

"How do I get out?!?"

Teresa loves the water.

It was a vacation we will not soon forget!

(Thanks for the great time & great pictures, Lisa.)