Camping

Last weekend, August 22 and 23, Anna and I went camping with a group from her band called the Blaspopparna. The weekend was organised by Per, an older member of the band, who was in town for the holidays. He rented some canoes and set up a camp on an island in a lake where he has a summer house. Saturday morning, we, the 8 of us, met by his house, loaded up the canoes and paddled the 10 minutes to the island. It was raining but that didn't stop us from pegging down the tent, setting up the camp fire aria and building a lean-to (which we didn't use). We spent most of the afternoon in the bell tent which had a stove and chimney in the middle. We lit the stove and told jokes and stories. When the rain lessened, we took the canoes out fishing. Here is a picture of us, Jennifer, Anna, Oskar and Sara, fishing with the canoes lashed together. We caught 7 good sized fish between the 6 of us. I even caught a fish, though it was too small to bother killing. We cooked them as supper appetizers. The rest of supper was hot dogs and instant mashed potatoes. That evening, it had stopped raining so we went swimming. It wasn't very warm outside because the sun had already gone down but it was still fun and refreshing. We had a nice campfire that night and most of the kids spoke English so I could join in the conversations too. In the tent, nobody got much sleep, it was a fun day. The next morning, after a breakfast of oatmeal and left over mashed potatoes, we packed up camp. Then we took the canoes out into the lake towards where it meets the ocean, then back again. It was a nice sunny day so I took a nap in the back of the canoe. The other picture is of us hanging around the camp ground playing frisby. Around lunch time, we all drifted back home again.