Camping at Potato Creek

We spent a great week camping at Potato Creek State Park. The weather was beautiful - 70's and breezy. We enjoyed hiking, paddle boating, fishing, relaxing, reading, playing, and yes- the kids even swam. BRRRR!!!! Amelia & Grandma Patsy found a baby turkey alone in the woods. It followed them around chirping. The DNR people said they couldn't do anything about it. The day we were packing up to leave, it showed up under Grandma & Grandpa's camper and started following the kids around again. We put it in a box with some bread, and took it back into the woods to release it. After we let it go, we ran so it wouldn't follow us again. It was the cutest thing! We said a quick prayer that it would find it's mom and it wouldn't get killed. As we pulled out of the park, we saw a turkey and the kids were sure it was the mom and that it was looking for its' baby.
We were really glad that Kim decided to bring the kids for a couple of days. We had fun with them. On the way home, we stopped at Essenhaus in Middlebury to eat dinner. When we walked in, Landin looked around and said, "Mom, is this a nursing home or a restaurant?" Everyone around us laughed! We all enjoyed our meals, and the kids were excited to pick whatever kind of pie they wanted. We all picked a different kind and shared.
When we got home, many people asked me if we had to visit the emergency room this time like we usually do. We actually survived the week with just an earache. We had to call the doctor to get a prescription of eardrops for Landin. We were nervous the first night when we pulled in and it stormed and hailed and the power went out in the campground within the first 10 minutes. It stayed off until about 4 AM. The rest of the week was so much fun, we almost forgot about the rough start!