We looked forward to this camping trip since January - the month I reserved our campsite. Even with mailing my paperwork on January 2nd we still got our second choice of dates. But that's what it took to get the best campsite in the campground. Here we are:
And just beyond that wooden fence (at the back of the picture) is this view...
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| The Straight of Juan de Fuca |
Our campground provided access to tide pools with crabs, anemones, small fish and starfish (we only saw a couple of small ones) tons and tons of mussels and barnacles. Aaron said mussels are like the dandelion of the sea; after this trip I would have agree.
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| Treasure from the sea...he carried this around for a good 1/2 hour. |
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| Hmm..what are these? |
Exploring the rocky tide pools
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| Matt loved camping so much. I asked him what his favorite things were...the campfire, roasting marshmallows and lighting the campfire. |
We roasted hotdogs, made smores, used our dutch oven to make lasagna and apple crisp...And we chased a raccoon out of our campground several times
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| Alia got creative with the charcoal. She also left some charcol writing on the firepit for the next people like "the gold is in the log" and "don't look behind the big tree" and "watch out for the ____(this part she purposely smudged, keep 'em guessing right?)" |
On our last day we went on the hike to an old railroad tunnel which lead us past a clear blue lake that was gorgeous.
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| Nathaniel was so ready to go he couldn't stand still long enough for the picture. |
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| Inside the railway tunnel |
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| Nathaniel falling asleep on dad's shoulders |
We came home smelling like campfire, with tons of laundry to wash, and lots and lots of wonderful memories.
