We made our 2nd annual trip to Papa Ken's Skamakowa property on Saturday, joined by cousins Adam, Andy, Jesse, Parker and Jace. The kids got right to work on Papa's retaining wall, hauling rocks and tossing them in the slough.
That earned them some lunch: hot dogs over the fire pit. Tor wanted to roast his own this time.
Tor had a grea time playing with his cousin Jace. They spent much of their time in the bottoms, jumping over a small slough.
Unfortunately, Tor didn't quite make it over one time, and went up to his knees in muddy water. He was pretty proud of that fail.
The big job of the weekend was building a footbridge across a big slough canyon (no way to go around it) to get to the rest of the Skamakowa property. The kids worked on clearing brush to make trails. Cousin Jesse and Daddy helped with construction, and stressed out about dropping tools into the slough.
Once it was built, it opened up even more areas for the kids to play. We were able to continue exploring and building trails far out towards the town.
All that work earned the kids their dinner: hamburgers, with s'mores and conga bars for dessert.
It was a beautiful evening ... we were able to see the milky way galaxy, and a harvest moon even showed up. We relaxed around a very large fire in the pit to end the evening. Tor was first to bed at 8 pm.
Tor slept all night in his new sleeping bag, then joined Daddy for a selfie.
We gathered to eat a big breakfast. You can see the canopy / tarp setup that we slept under - this year, we stayed dry.
The kids did some more work clearing brush, before we packed up and headed home.
