Kid Sauna!

Every summer when we go to DuNord we stay over on the 'other side of the tracks'.  The 'cabin tents' at PinePointe are always the last to get rented.  They are kind of their own little village that sometimes smells a little too strongly of the nearby outhouse, and sometimes get a little swampy after a hard rain.  But they are the only place we have ever stayed.  And we love them.  One of the reasons is that it is a little village- every tent with their own private space and fire ring, but a definite community feel as well.  We stay with 3 other families and the kids run as a pack- visiting fire rings, looking for things to burn in the woods, tumbling off together to fish at the nearby dock or take out a kayak or play at the little 'park'.  And we adults have monopolized and fully appreciated the quiet little barrel sauna that the rest of DuNord forsakes in favor of the authentic wood-burning Finnish sauna.  They can have it- we love our barrel.  Mostly we love it for the convenience and availability, but love it we do.  Every night ends with the parents taking a trip to the sauna and then a dip in the lake.  Every now and then over the years we've been able to entice the kids inside to try to sweat off some of the dirt and grime they've accumulated through hard playing in the woods- but its always taken a bit of convincing.  This year was different.  They declared Kid Saunas several times over the course of the week.  I think the pictures below sum up how they felt about it....


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Heading to the lake

I love Eli's face in this one....