Camping in Buena Vista - Day 3

I think we borrowed this giant community tent from Josh's dad, as I recall, and it came in handy during shared mealtimes and almost served the function of a campfire in that it brought us all together.  We were super bummed that we couldn't have a campfire, but we would have had to pay extra to have one in a separate area.  The kids had a lot of fun playing together, despite the big age span.  The Renfros' kids are quite a bit older but great with younger kids and good role models for our boys.

We finally got to witness the Schmidt Family Pancake Toss that I'd heard so much about!  In the above photo, Josh is trying to demonstrate the art of tossing the pancake from the skillet to the audience of eager kids trying to catch it.  Some are definitely lost to the forest, but it is a fun sport!

The kids all had to take turns catching and tossing, of course, and we quickly figured out why you don't commence the pancake toss until everyone in the camp has already had at least one pancake per person.  This is a high risk sport, for sure, but one worth playing.