Beavers Bend 2021

Before the pandemic you didn't get a fall break, but I'm so glad you do now!

It's a vacation week without any holidays in it; nothing we have to do. Just relaxation.

And this year, we decided to take our relaxation on the road to Oklahoma and visit a place we hadn't been to in many years: Beavers Bend State Park!

We rented a cabin, played Monopoly during the rain, had camp fires, s'mores, hot dogs, told silly disgusting jokes, kayaked down the river, skipped stones, went into town for mini-golf and wax hands and 'mining,' rode horses, rode the train (twice...and julia you won the cotton candy raffle the second time!), hiked...and hiked more...and got lost...and hiked more to get unlost, and went on nightly walks with our headlamps. 

We saw deer at night, deer during the day; creepy glowy eyes at night (deer and one opossum); a lot of cool frogs and one bigfoot (just kidding).

You two set up a trading post and system to trade precious gems. 

It was a time of togetherness -and waters rose and fell- and I am so thankful we were able to do it as a family.

I can't wait to be in the woods with the four of us again...no cell signal...smell of campfire...and sore legs with fully bellies and hearts. 

Beaver's Bend 2017: Roomiani-Weinstein Camping Trip!

What has family, no cell signal, calming waters, fun boat rides, horseback riding, campfires, hikes, fishing, and so much relaxation (and bug spray)? That's right! It's camping time again! And how great it was.

After trying Robber's Cave last year, we went back to Beaver's Bend for this year's camping trip. And we had so much fun!

Canoeing, Swimming, Skipping stones, collecting rocks, reading books, riding horses, making camp fires, zip-lining, fishing, telling stories, and just hanging out. Camping is a blast.

So much has happened since we went to Beaver's Bend, that as I write this post, I'm already reminiscing and looking forward to our next trip to this haven. I recall some sweet memories: Yaya and I telling you tales of Harry Potter while swimming in the lake; Uncle Joe teaching you how to make smores; 

Aunt Sham and her bag of presents; reading comic books with you, Aidan; riding horses and playing Guess Who with you, Julia; singing songs by the campfire; Baba teaching you how to skip stones; spotting deer, bats, beavers, eagles, turtles and fish; when Baba, Yaya, Joe, and Sham "ambushed" us on the river ride with surprise squirt guns! 

So much laughter, so much fun, so much learning and growing and patience. So much family.

I love camping with you guys, and with our family. I can't wait to be back in the woods again, isolated from the troubles of the world, with only the sky above us, and the ground and or river and or lake beneath (and inside a cushy air-conditioned cabin).

Summer camp is calling....