Vacation to Park Rapids

We decided to try a cabin type vacation for the boys this year.  We made reservations at Sleeping Fan in Park Rapids.  We left Saturday morning and got there Saturday afternoon.  The drive itself took about 6 hours.  The boys did great riding in the van and I was very impressed with how good they were.  We only stopped once for lunch and then we stopped at a grocery store when we got into town to get some things for the cabin.  The resort was very nice with only 6 cabins and a private lake.  Its pretty much exactly what we wanted.  The only downfall was that there was no tv or air conditioning.  Our cabin didn't even have a fan.  We finally had to ask the 2nd night there for one.  Sleeping wasn't the best but we had a great time.  Isaac and Caleb loved the hammock just outside our cabin.  Isaac would swing on that for hours.  They also had a pontoon we could rent which we did 2 days.  We also could go on the kyacks, paddle boats and row boats.  The boys had a blast.  Isaac was a fish and loved jumping in the water off the docks and boat.  Caleb never stepped foot into the water.  The last night there was Caleb's birthday.  That night we planned on going out to eat and doing something fun in town for him.  Unfortunately he wasn't feeling the best.  He didn't touch his supper.  We went to a little old fashioned icecream shop which had amazing icecream.  Caleb had a few bites but left the rest.  I knew he wasn't feeling well when he wouldn't eat his icecream.  We tried to go see Madagascar but of course it sold out.  So we went to Walmart and let the boys pick out a toy and a movie and went back to the cabin and watched it on the laptop.  Caleb's fever shot up to 102 but he never threw up.  He said his tummy hurt.  By the next afternoon he was fine so we figured it was from all the sun and heat as it had hit the upper 90's about every day we were there.  We headed back home Tuesday.  The boys loved their vacation and so did we.  We hope to go to another cabin, but maybe a little closer this time :-)