Sandbanks

Last weekend was our first camping trip of the year. We were asked by our friends Chris and Beth if we wanted to join them to camp at the Sandbanks. How could we resist. The night before we left said the weekend was calling for rain so Ron, I and the kids headed out to buy a bigger tent. There was no way I was going to stay all weekend in our small dome tent. Anyway, we left friday afternoon when it was nice and sunny. We drove the almost 3 hours to the Sandbanks. It's very much like Grand Beach. Sand, Sand dunes and all. We arrived around 4pm. The kids dug in the sandy dirt on our site while Ron and I set up the tents. Chris and Beth arrived later and once they finished setting up we all headed down to the beach. The kids were so cute walking there. They played follow the leader the whole way. As soon as we hit the sand the kids ran to the water, but it was a tad cold. They played in the sand and started to make a moat out of someone elses sandcastle. After being there for awhile the kids wanted to swim. We didn't bring there bathing suits thinking we weren't going to stay so the kids stripped down(except Kiera) and ran into the water. Our little skinny dippers. Once the y finished swimming we headed back to camp, got changed and had a nice campfire. The kids got to stay up late and eat lots of treats. We put them to bed sometime after 10pm. The next day we woke up to rain. Rain all day. After breakfast we headed over to the beach where the sand dunes are.(about 10min drive) We walked the dunes for a bit then headed back as Kiera complained she was hungry and too tired to walk. We walked back to the car and met up with chris, beth and the Kids. Then drove back to the camp sites for lunch and a nap. Later the kids played, we enjoyed a nice meal, and a camp fire, the headed off to put the kids to bed. The next morning was better. No rain yet. but not alot of sunshine. So after breakfast we went to the big beach where the kids and the dads made a huge moat, went in the water. And of course just before were going to leave Zach and Riley wanted to be buried in the sand. So once they did that we headed back to camp to pack up and head home. A good weekend in all even with the rain