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Introducing Billy
VACATION
By Delbert Blickenstaff 

Before I tell you about our vacation I want to tell you about something funny that happened at church. At least I think it’s funny. Remember I told you that I get bored in church? Well, last Sunday the preacher asked everyone to stand for his prayer. I was standing between Mom and Dad and I was doing something interesting. I was trying to stand on one foot. I lost my balance and fell right down on the floor, during the prayer. I looked up to see Mom frowning at me and Dad was smiling. Maybe he did the same thing when he was a kid. 

We usually go to a state park for our vacation but this time Dad took us up into Canada. We went camping in the Algonquin Provincial Park. How do you like those big words? Dad drove us up in our big van so we could take all our camping gear. 

Our tent is big enough for all of us to sleep in our sleeping bags and still have room for our suitcases and other stuff. We have a camp stove that Mom and Dad used to cook our meals on. Sometimes Mom decided that we would eat in the big lodge. We had to clean up when we did that. 

We got to go swimming in the lake every day. Emily didn’t swim of course but she had fun playing in the sand with her shovel and bucket. She would get covered with sand and Mom had to wash her off before she went back into the tent. 

One day Dad took Henry and me on a canoe trip. He rented a big canoe with two paddles and life jackets for us boys. Dad used to be a life guard at a swimming pool in the city, so he’s a good swimmer. 

We took turns paddling the canoe and found out how hard it is to go in a straight line. Of course that didn’t make much difference because there was nothing for us to run into. We had to wear our caps and put on lots of sunscreen to keep from getting sunburned. Dad took his camera along and took lots of pictures. 

With all of our hiking, swimming, paddling the canoe, and camp fires we got plenty tired and didn’t have any trouble sleeping at night. I think that was our best vacation ever. 

Billy

 

 




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