Em N Ru: Camping at Baker Bay Day 2

Saturday June 20

I woke up before dawn to the twittering of little birds. I put the earplugs back in and slept till 7:30. Eventually I got out of bed. Man those air mattresses are comfortable, especially when you get to sleep on a big one alone in a cozy sleeping bag with multiple blankets in your own tent. I put on a sweater, made some tea, and was contemplating breakfast when a mom from the church camp next door came over and asked me if I wanted some wood, they were leaving and wouldn't be needing it. I replied “Yes thank you” and all through breakfast the mini Christians delivered us enough wood to last the rest of our camping trip. I must have good Karma for suffering through their devotions.

Sausage, eggs, and peanut butter pancakes consumed, Ruben was ready to reattempt the hike. He assured me that the mosquitoes would have vanished and and the poison oak wouldn't be a problem if I was wearing pants and socks and shoes. I resisted for a while thinking a mid morning boat ride would be better, but Jodi fell asleep again and Ruben was insistent. I geared up, we iced up the coolers then took off on the hike again. We made it to a little cove that we decided should be called butterfly cove because of all the butterflies that kept flying near us, checking out Ruben's hair. Ru explored while I pulled out my tiny netbook and typed this blog post. Its wordy because I had plenty of time. Ru reported that he found: millipedes, slugs, wild variations of ladybugs, mosquitoes, a snake, butterflies, a couple birds and a bird nest, bees and dragonflies.

Coming back to camp we watched our neighbors across the road erect a shelter, over their car. Ru had some rather snarky comments about this and I was proud of him for his snarkyness. We laughed, and giggled, and smirked then made some fantastic sandwiches and I laid down for a nap. Jodi still slept.

Just as I was drifting off I heard Jeremy arrive with the old windsurfer board. He had picked it up at moms and delivered it for us. We changed into our swimsuits and went for a paddle in the little cove near our campsite. It was so much fun. There was much giggling, falling into the water, and going nowhere slowly. Jeremy took a comedic slip and fell getting some mud under his toenail, but that was the only casualty. We had intended to go for a boat ride on “School's Out” but the weather was clouding up and I wanted to play some music. We jammed a few guitar tunes, then Jeremy played banjo and I learned Arkansas traveler. Jodi took a nap.

Ruben put himself to bed at about nine, choosing to use the remaining battery in his tablet instead of joining us for a smore and Jeremy and I sat by the fire until we were fading. Jeremy left and headed to the coast for some early morning deep sea fishing, and I slept a while till I woke to the cool breeze blowing through the tent. I got up and put a blanket on Ruben. His tent smelled like farts so I opened his window and counted my blessings that I got to sleep by myself again.