Camas Days

Camas Days has come rolling around again. It is hard to believe that another year has gone by. I did a post last year on Camas Days and it was during that time that Mommy, Leisel, Lynnae, and Ania were away at Piatt. This time we got to go all together as a family which made it even more fun.

We started the day out with a blueberry pancake breakfast put on at the Methodist church just outside our little downtown Camas. For $20 we were able to get a breakfast of pancakes, eggs, sausage, orange juice, and coffee for our entire family.

Afterward we headed down to the main street in Camas where they had a big parade which lasted about 45 min. Everyone watched as different floats (the theme this year was Pirates), cars, motorcycles, and even horses went by. The children gathered along the sides of the street while the parade participants threw handfuls of candy at them as they passed by.

They even had a war veteran and army nurse drive by in an army car.

Ania sat safely in her stroller and just took it all in.

Later on in the day they had bathtub races. They are a lot of fun to watch. Groups of three form and one person sits in the freezing cold water and steers the bathtub while two others push it in a zig zag pattern around orange cones.

After every match while they were refilling the tubs one of the firemen would point the hose down the center of the street and all of the children (and some adults) would go running and get themselves soaking wet under the high pressure torrent.

O.K. Yes, Leisel and I did go running out there a couple of times, but the day was very hot and the cold water felt very good.

The day ended the entire family heading home to take showers and eat some leftover lasagna which we heated up for dinner.