As usual we had a total blast camping in Island Park over Labor Day weekend. The weird thing about this year is we had almost the entire campground to ourselves. It's usually packed every holiday weekend but this time there were only two other campsites being used besides ours. It rained half the time and was sunny half the time. Rob and I were really grateful that we borrowed his parent's wall tent this time because it rained so much one night that there was a puddle of water under our tent but it never soaked through. Phew! We took advantage of the sunshine by taking the girls and their cousins down to the water to go for boat rides, to swim and play in the mud and catch crayfish. Piper loved holding the baby crayfish. Ellie and her cousin spent lots of time burying each other's legs in the mud.
I went for a run on Saturday morning and it was four miles of heaven. It was chilly and overcast which is my favorite running weather. The only thing I don't like about running in Island Park is the chance that I may cross paths with a bear. As much as I'd love to do some trail running up there, I tend to stick to higher traffic areas in hopes that there will be fewer bears. I've never personally seen one in my 10+years of camping in Island Park but every year it seems like there are more rules and warnings concerning bears and campsites and hiking and it freaks me out just a little bit. So I'll either be sticking to the roads or I'll have to buy a bear gun to take running with me.
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