Friends of Friends (of Friends) Camping Trip

Hey again everyone, I just wanted to share some candid pictures from our last weekend, our second annual "Friends of Friends" camping trip at Milo McIver state park. In total, we had 11 adults, 4 dogs (Pinot, Loki, Sadie & Bo) and of course Chae and Collin for the picnic on Saturday. 8 of us went so far as to brave the near-freezing nights to camp.













Of those, who camped, we were lucky enough to hear 4 1/2 year-old Chae's passionate speech on our activities the next day ... (We're going to build a robot, and it's going to be hard work, but if we work as a team, we can do it!)













I hope everyone had as good a time as Janwyn and I did. Next year we'll have to try and get a group campsite.



















And for those of you who are confused by the poles in the first three pics, I can only assume you've never been camping with Janwyn before. Those are doughie sticks. I'd explain further, but I dont' have enough space on this blog!

Camping in Puget Sound

On last weekend we decided to to make the long weekend into a long camping trip. Friday found us staying over at Melbourne Lake, a truly beautiful spot but some very loud neighbors.

On Saturday morning we moved further north to Seal Rock, a 40 site camp right on Hood Canal near Brinnon, WA. That's where we took these pictures. While paddling we saw these starfish, some spiny crabs, and plenty of seals. In fact, our lunch spot must have been the seals high tide hideout. They swam around us until we got out of their way and could finally come ashore.

On Sunday we traveled a bit further yet and spent the day in Port Townsend, a city that reminded us of Astoria in several ways. While we found that the paddling wasn't as scenic there, we did enjoy the good weather and a nice picnic in a community park overlooking the Straits of Juan de Fuca.

On Monday we were happy to make the trip home to enjoy a nice warm shower!