Camping trip to Coombs

For the August long weekend we went up to Coombs. We heard that the campground up there is a nice one, and right next door at the Rodeo Grounds was a Bluegrass festival that we wanted to go to, so off we went.

We bought tickets for saturday and had fun listening to lots of older people playing the fiddle, banjo, mandolin, base and guitar. We loved it, the kids not so much LOL.

The campground was very nice - with pool and hot tub and also a 2.5 acre man-made lake. It;s definitely a family place - I think there was double as many kids as adults. Our kids loved it and made new friends right away.

Here is Paula with her new friends - and a fish that they caught in the lake.

When you are in Coombs, you sure have to go to the little market square - what a fabulous place. Tons of little stores, lots of fancy gift stores and it even has a stamp store. The market store itself is out of this world - so many cool things to look at and I could have easily spent a couple of hours in there if it wouldn't have been for the thousands and thousands of people that were there as well. I really enjoyed the lanterns that were hanging all over the store - made for such a nice picture:

One of the many attractions in Coombs are the goats that live on the rooftop - always a favorite thing for the kids to see.

And of course we also went to play Minigolf - a must do when in Parksville:

Sunday we spent the day at the Parksville beach and the playground there. I entertained myself by watching numerous kids all happy with their ice cream cones - only to drop them like a few seconds after - cracked me up LOL.

Rob brought a kite and him and the kids flew it for at least a couple of hours - it is a two string one, so you can really do some great moves with it.

So, that is it for now - I better go and clean up around here a bit - dishes need to be done even when you are out camping :)

See ya :)