Camping

We went camping at Whitewater State Park this weekend. It’s a pleasant little spot, with a sandy beach, but its real attraction is the almost complete lack of mosquitoes. It wasn’t until we were unpacking at home that Lauren got bit. This hasn’t really happened to her before, so she just stood and called for her Mummy. Claire brushed it off, and explained that the mesh over the doors and windows keeps the moaquitoes off, which is why we need to keep the screen door shut. After verifying that “Mosquitoes don’t live indoors, do they?”, Lauren was happy.

It turned out that while we were camping the nearby city of Rochester (home of the Mayo clinic) was having its annual Rochesterfest, as part of which they had a series of hot-air balloon races. We went to see one, and while the race itself was cancelled, eight balloons did go up, to Lauren’s delight and Sam’s bogglement.