Today is the first official day of summer vacation 2016 (for Those Johnston Kids)! Mama and I have to mostly work this summer, but there is still a ton of fun on the way. Blogging was so much fun last year, that we’ve decided to keep track of our warm season activities here again.

What better way to get started than by helping Papa wash the relatively new truck? Our faithful Subaru Forester was retired in the fall, and replaced with a Ram 1500 pick-up. A truck will be immensely useful for towing, building a house at Neyaashiinigmiing, and hauling simply tons of adventure toys. Trucks are not typically great on fuel economy though, so we went all the way to Quebec to find a truck with an EcoDiesel engine. We now have more utility than we had with the Forester, and the mileage is about 50% better!

Most importantly for a long hot summer of adventure: the AC works 100% better than non-working AC!

3 and a half weeks ’til schools done and I can hardly wait! Papa’s busy this summer, we – me and my brother, Short Pants – only get 2 weeks off from camps , sleepaway camps and daycare , oh and also daycamps. For the 2 weeks we’re going to the cottage and oh , what fun we will have! We’ll go swimming , boogie boarding and surfing! I can hardly wait for that either! We signed up for what seemed a septillion daycare , daycamps , sleepaway camps and camps. It’s going to be a busy summer!