July 5
The campground folks set off some fireworks last night, and it was quite fun! We had hamburgers on the grill, and even Gimli came out of the trailer (after we covered him in bug spray and lit a few citronella candles). Frodo, it turns out, was a bit frightened of the fireworks (probably the sound of them, more than the lights!) - but the people a couple trailers over gave the kids some sparklers, so that cheered him right up, and it turned out to be a fun evening, overall!
Oh! Funny thing! I thought Thorin was tickling my face this morning, so I reached over and cuffed him! But it turned out to be a fly - though this was one of the little, non-biting types! There are quite a few of them around here, actually, in addition to the biters. So we decided a trip to the store was finally in order (also because the kids eat a lot, and we've run low on snacks!), and we got some of those sticky fly traps. Though just after we hung the traps up, Kíli got his hair caught in one! Fíli practically fell over laughing!
Anyway, while we were at the store, we went ahead and got some mud boots (or deck boots, or galoshes, or whatever you call them) for all of us, to make walking on the seashore a bit easier. Well, except they didn't have any that would fit Frodo, so we got him swim shoes, instead. They are fluorescent yellow, and he loves them so much that he hasn't taken them off yet! We'll just have to make sure he doesn't lose them in the mud.
And we finally got some quarters, too, so we won't have to do all the laundry by hand. Still, to save a bit of money (and to reduce the need to run out and get more quarters soon), we're thinking that after washing the clothes in the laundry room, we'll still hang them up to dry outside (instead of spending $1.75 on the dryer). Goodness knows it is hot enough here! Though the humidity does sort of keep the clothes damp for a while.