It always feels like we've come home! As we were walking back to the trailer after our break, I saw a license plate that stated: 'Newfoundland/Labrador - the backyard of Heaven". I think I agree.
From the moment you drive off the ferry, you are greeted with majestic mountains of every shade of green one can imagine. For some reason it always makes me think of a huge box of Crayons with so many colors! You think there can't be THAT many colors of green; but there is in Newfoundland!
As always, we were greeted warmly by Shawn & Charlene. We are amazed at how tall Natalie & Joshua have grown! It took Hunter & Natalie all of about 2 minutes to break the ice and off they went. At 8 years old, Natalie is as tall as Hunter, and though as different as night and day in some ways, they certainly found a common ground. A few quarters down the tube in the game room and they were off to the playground. When I found them after we got settled in, Hunter was on Natalie's electric scooter and Natalie was riding Hunter's bike.
We had told Hunter that she was not to go on the Moose Path without one of us. (It's a long path through the woods & along the 'pond' which is really a lake, and we didn't want our 'city girl' to try it on her own.) Charlene had suggested that the girls go 'tadpole watching', but since it was on the Moose Path, Hunter wouldn't go. So the minute I showed up, they hit me up to go. So off we went.
The tadpoles are in a series of shallow water pools dotted with rocks. Like little water nymphs those girls were hopping all over the rocks, to get a closer look. Wouldn't you know my camera batteries died and I missed out on some great shots, but it soon became very evident that there was no danger here. I left them perched on a rock, chatting away, with Natalie (the Newfie) filling Hunter (the Okie) in on all kinds of facts about tadpoles. And, yeah, Hunter managed to get both hands & feet in the water before she was done.
Next thing I knew, Natalie was asking if Hunter could go to soccer practice with her, so I sent her off with a peanut butter sandwich and a bottle of water. Then home from soccer - and they hit me up for a campfire & s'mores. We ended up having the campfire in front of Shawn & Charlene's 'kabin' and sat & visited until 9:30 p.m. Finally got Hunter off to the shower (with a walkie talkie in hand) and true to form, it took twice as long as it should have! But what does it matter? That's the beauty of a vacation - and Hunter is having the time of her life!
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