The maiden voyage

Well, we did it.  We bought a pop up trailer...and it's awesome!!!  We found ourselves a used (1989 Palomino Colt) pop up on craigslist about 3 days after we returned from our epic journey, and took it out last week for its inaugural (at least for us) trip.  We headed to Father Hennepin State Park on Mille Lacs - about 1hr 45 min north of the cities - to test it out.
It was a new experience for us, not camping in a tiny backpacking tent, but kind of great!  We set up the pack 'n'play in one of the sleeping bays for O to sleep in.  Once he was down, we pulled the curtains closed  and had a comfortable table to sit at, to drink a beer, read and play games, tucked nicely behind our screened wall away from all the mosquitoes (and there were lots!!) to enjoy our evening...it's kind of like camping in a screened in porch!  Plus, we could totally spy on all our campground neighbours from behind our shaded screen walls without them seeing us.

here she be!

dance party!! see the pack'n'play in the background - perfect fit!

pop up within a pop up - very postmodern

And some other things we've been up to - they mostly involve gardening and beaching (of which I don't have any photos)

basil bus (bus is also O's favourite new word...although he pronounces it more like buh)

"Oh, a large pot?  don't mind if I do..."

very pleased with himself

we're working on the watering skillz still - turns out he has precision
 (he made a great mud puddle in that one spot)
but no accuracy (water was meant for the garden...)

"please sir, may I have some more?"