Kids Weekend |
2003 |
August 15-17, 2002 |
Summary |
By Tim O'Rourke |
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Kidsweekend 2003 began Friday afternoon, with the early arrival of the
Prior, Ketcham, and Gifford boys, along with
Bowleys, Shane, Sarah, and Peter (It seems
to be a growing trend for dads to take this day off and get an earlier start). The
ORourke boys along with Isaacs friend Ryan Houston from Marshfield followed.
Later, Tims friend and first-time Kidsweekend dad, Bob Stockett, from Barre arrived
with Charles, Christian, Jason, Lydia and friend Sean in their 91 Buick, loaded to
the gills. Highlights of that first evening, included the usual mass consumption of copious amounts of appetizers
followed by the grilling of various cuts of meat that were shared by all. Shane passed
around some wonderful bread complete with garlic dipping sauce. Bob was particularly generous all weekend as he shared from his
mega-cooler, which was once again packed to capacity. Later in the evening a freak landing
by Dave, of a good sized smallmouth bass as he
approached the beach caused quite a stir. After 2 hours of fishing, with only some
miniscule perch being caught by the boys, Dave noticed some vigorous pulling on the line
hed left dangling behind the canoe. Low and behold he had a fish on and half the
campground present to witness it! Once again DP is, where he should be all the
time
Saturday added 3 Nealys for a new Kidsweekend record of 23 campers in
all. Bob Stocketts 91 Buick was finally moved away from the fire, when folks
complained of a strong smell of gas emanating from beneath it. Kids and dads biked or
fished and generally enjoyed the partly cloudy, but near perfect temperature. With the
exception of some sugar craving yellow jackets that buzzed around the half empty soda cans
that pervaded our site, there were hardly any other insects to be found all weekend. Meal
times were once again a smorgasbord of culinary delights with much sharing and tasting. As
evening approached and the citronella was ceremoniously fed to the fire, the dads, along
with several of the kids whove been practicing this year, passed around any one of a
half dozen guitars and pounded out riffs familiar to all (of particular interest this year
was the intro to Sweet Home Alabama). Cops and Robbers,
a Kidsweekend camp favorite, was played with enthusiasm into the night. Even Matts
strict bedtime was pushed back to allow for more evening fun. Peter, the youngest at 6
years old didnt seem to be in one place from the time he arrived. The lad appeared
to be in perpetual motion; proving once again that the apple doesnt fall far from
the tree.
On Sunday after a quick breakfast, ritual trash burning, and dads
consuming several pots of coffee, camp was broken and cars were packed. From atop
Owls Head photo opportunities were taken,
with Kettle Pond framed below. Folks said there goodbyes and another fantastic Kidweekend came to a close.
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