When we first pulled into Mashamoquet Brook State Park in Pomfret, CT, the very first vehicle we saw was a replica of ours, only in black (and minus our cool stickers, but plus a kid or two). In my desire to have the 4th of July mapped out, I went ahead and made reservations at a ton of places, including this one. When the ranger checked us in on Thursday night, he told Bill that the place was almost full for the weekend. We spent our days out and about, but when we came back at night, it was buzzing with activity. Kids everywhere, adults all socializing, people mingling in all different campsites. We figured it was a family reunion of epic proportions, one that made us want to have a family reunion on such a scale.
How naive we were! We're in the park with the annual homeschool group meet up campout for Connecticut. What are the odds that we'd choose this campground during their homeschool camping trip???? Bill found this out after a bunch of people left Sunday morning. I wasn't feeling the church thing, I'm massively stressed and the time of mass made it so making NB's birthday dinner would be a time crunch, blah blah blah. Just excuses, I know. But that kept us at the campsite, so my peeps went out and talked to the others while I drowned in my own sweat in the trailer making beef stroganoff--the meal NB requested. No deli platter for him, no. A nice fruit and cheese tray? Nay nay, my friend. 140 sq ft heats up quickly.
This homeschool meet up surrounding us has really been a blessing. We've been surrounded by musically driven people (some of those girls have GORGEOUS voices), we've seen kids getting to run around and just have fun with each other, and we've been immersed in a very relaxed and joyous atmosphere.
I love our odds!
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