We almost didn’t make it, with the twin runny noses going. Ella and Fiona both seemed to be coming down with something or other when we got up friday morning. Ella cleared up ok by lunch, but Fiona was a little groggy and out of it even before getting a little cough medicine (she kept waking herself up with the coughing). We decided it best to at least wait until morning to see how she was doing.
Come morning, she was a little better, but we still had our doubts for a while. Once we were up and had some breakfast though, we decided that it would be worth a try. We checked that Mike and John were ok with a possibly contagious niece, and they both said they’d tough it out. We also were prepared to turn back if she really lost it on the trip. As it turned out, the longish drive went just fine, and we showed up at camp early in the afternoon.
It was a great decision to go - the weather was perfect and everyone had a great time. Ella was totally excited to go fishing with her uncles. Mike borrowed a boat for the weekend, and we borrowed a life vest for Ella. John bought her a new (floating!) fishing pole to use. Ella had her vest on right away, badgering Uncle John to hurry up and get in the boat! Same thing the next day, after breakfast, Ella want to put her vest on and spent the next 1/2 hour standing at the shore next to the boat telling everyone she was ready to go fishing. Made her uncles proud, she did.
Autumn got in a couple of good trail runs in training for her upcoming races, both of with are also on trails. She wears a heart rate monitor while training, and it’s hunting season in Wisconsin. Both of these facts came into play when she heard some shots a short ways away while running up a small hill and her heart rate jumped about 20 beats per minute. She then decided that 2 laps was plenty enough workout for the morning.
I missed out on part of the late night campfire because we were wiped out after being up most of the night with Fiona on friday, and i fell asleep before the late-night fishing entourage returned. Everyone except John got skunked, and he only caught a couple of piddle little things. Ella loved telling everyone that she got skunked though, it was her favorite phrase for the trip. Even Fiona had a lot of fun, and the cold seemed to clear up just fine in the fresh air.
