We made our last summer camping trip over to Pioneer Campsite http://www.pioneercampsite.com/ in Wabasha this weekend. I'm disappointed I don't have very many pictures though, half way through Saturday, both my camera cards were full! Lesson learned...empty them more often. I remember checking the weather and seeing there was a chance of thunderstorms, but really, what's new with this rainy camping summer! I think we've had at least some rain during every trip. We got there Friday night, set up, spent lots of time Saturday in the pool and hanging out. Saturday night around 2am we woke up to thunder and lightning in the distance and by 3am, Emily screamed that she saw the screen tent fly away! The rain came down in sheets and the wind was pretty frightening. Dave pulled the van up to the tent and we hurled the kids and Stella in to take cover. Around 5:00am, the rain subsided some, enough for Dave to go searching for the screen tent, find it, and come back to get me to come drag it back with him. The kids finally fell asleep in the back of the van around 5:30am for a little while. The regular tent collapsed on one corner some and water got into one room, not too bad as far as the regular tent goes otherwise. Nothing we wanted to stay in it and find out though! Needless to say, everything was soaked. She said "I really want one of those campers or houses that you camp in." Us too kiddo! We drove into Wabasha Sunday around noon and noticed lots of trees and branches down. Other than the storm, Pioneer was really fun! A good mix of the redneck feel of camping and the city slickers coming down to good ol' Wabasha for some Mississippi river valley camping. Lots and lots of seasonal campers, awesome new playsets and some neat old stuff too, mini golf, a pool (which they are replacing this fall), tractor rides, lots of kids on bikes and people driving fun golf carts around, and of course, lots of dogs. It was like everybody had one!
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