camping with my little family : part 3

Here are the last of my favorite memories from our camping in Lopez Island and Ensign Ranch.  We look forward to more camping trips to new places in the near future, maybe even one more before the baby is born.  (Am I crazy for wanting to camp while in the last weeks of pregnancy?!! We'll stay close to home, just in case...)

One of my favorite parts was riding the ferry.  One day we walked on for free and explored Friday Harbor.  It was fun and we had some really good ice cream there.  I can still taste the lemon pie flavor I got... it had graham crackers in it...  So good!

Our final destination was Ensign Ranch where we met up with the cousins.  We loved having friends to hang out with this time.  However, it was infested with mosquitoes so I didn't even think of bringing out my camera... too busy swatting the air.  We were by a river that was very similar to the one from my childhood camping days - you know, the days I compare all future camping trips to.  It was a great spot but was a lot further from home than we realized.  We look forward to trying out their slip n slide and their horse rides sometime.

I can't wait for our next camping adventures.
We all loved it so I am sure it won't be long before we go again!

camping with my little family : part 2

such a beautiful morning to wake up to, we had pancakes with fresh strawberries, yum

Man, Odlin park did not disappoint!  We loved camping near the water and we had no idea it was going to be so beautiful the next morning.  I could watch these two play for days.  It will be even more fun when I am not so uncomfortable and can get out there with them.  

After this perfect morning I decided we need to have more regular weekend days like this with picnics  at near by beaches.  I'm currently searching for some good beaches in the Seattle area.  Any suggestions?

camping with my little family : part 1

I have always loved camping. So, of course when I married a "mountain man" I was very happy with the bright prospect of our future camping adventures together. We have had many of those already but now its just different and better.

 Here's why: We now have a child to introduce nature to, we live in a house - which makes it easier and realistic to have and store our equipment in, we have a car which makes for easy and convenient accessibility and we are very close to a great many campsites as we live right among trees and mountains. I'd say for the first time in a long time we actually get to enjoy camping to its fullest.

waiting for the ferry to Lopez Island, exploring with Dad

we didn't have reservations so we took a chance and scored a beautiful spot

so happy to be relaxing in the great outdoors

We had a wonderful weekend of camping together.  The first nights we camped at Lopez Island at a place called Odlin park.  We had to go there first since the name is so close to our son's.  It was so beautiful and we will most definitely be visiting again.