Day 5-Thursday

Thursday was a cooler day and also the day we had decided to head to Providence Bay in the afternoon. Despite being cool, we packed our supplies and headed out. We had tried, last year, to go to Providence Bay, but we never actually made it there. It was just a little stop off for swimming. This year, we got better directions as found the actual bay which was just lovely. There was a wonderful, sandy beach, a large playground and bathrooms available.

"Look Grace! It's a seagull!" "No, we're at the bay. It's a Baygull!!" (Grace has her father's sense of humor.)

It was a cool day, I had said, and it was breezy, too. We weren't too sure of the water, honestly. Byron decided to take the plunge and try out the water...one toe at a time.

And he finds it really chilly.

Quite chilly! A check after we got home told me that the water temps that day hovered around 68*. Almost 20* below the average indoor swimming pool. Those Canadians are a hardy lot.

So is Grace, it seems. She dove in and stayed there most of the afternoon.

Byron was forced to enter in order to gain the stick he wanted to add to his collection on the beach.

Cindy took one for the team and stayed up on the beach to keep an eye on our gear.

The kids wore Chris out by being repeatedly thrown into the water. Problem is, they are getting quite heavy and I think he was looking for a local chiropractor by the end of the day.

David was very quickly too cold to swim, so he opted to dig a hole to China. I told him that according to this website, he'd land somewhere in the ocean, but he was not deterred.

Later that evening, we had the annual sandcastle competition on the beach at camp. While most of the adults and older children head into town for a public lecture, the younger kids stay behind and create masterpieces in the sand. The kids used to go to bed so early that they did not do this, however, the last few years have found them "competing" for a prize. (Everyone gets first place for some crazy, made up category, each year.)

Joshua, Aaron, and Ruth created the Garden of Eden

David and Gabriel work on the fish that swallowed Jonah

Grace and her Jesus on the Cross

And a big squeeze from Rebekah

I let the girls stay up later that night to play with Ruth's new friend, Chloe. A great ending to a great day.