Ohanapecosh // Camping 2012

This years camping trip was at Mt. Rainier again, just a the Ohanapecosh campground instead. Only one family went with us and we booked sites right next to each other. The sites were next to a creek, which was lots of fun to play in. We would also set our chairs in the water and sit and enjoy the creek.



Our first dinner was hot dogs roasted over the fire. They taste much better fire roasted! Plus they were fun to cook!



Since we were just at Mt. Rainier last year, we didn't go to Paradise or go to view the mountain. We stayed at our campground the whole trip. There is a hiking trail that starts and ends in the campground and takes you up to the falls.





Emmalyn and Alina who had fun exploring the creeks along the trail.



And here it is folks, Silver Falls!




Daniel's Junior Ranger patch. He was the only one who did the Junior Ranger Program, since all of us girls had done it in 2006.




My perfectly toasted marshmallow. Roasting marshmallows is one of my favorite things to do camping.



Daniel caught this frog, which stayed in his hands just long enough for me to get one picture. Then he jumped out of his hands.




On our last day we walked around the campsite looking for a place to walk down to the river. We found this neat area with lots of rocks to sit on and just enjoyed the river for a while.




And that was our trip! We all had a great time and we were sad to leave. Us kids all had fun playing card games, going on walks in the dark of night, talking about cave deer, and chatting around the campfire. I had a wonderful time.

What was your favorite place you visited this summer?

Camping at Mt. Rainier

Monday afternoon, we arrived home after spending three days camping at Mt. Rainier. We stayed at a group site in the Cougar Rock campground with two other families. We had stayed at the same site back in 2008 with several different families and we have also visited while staying in one of the other campgrounds in 2006.

We arrived there early on Friday, the first day. I didn't take us too long to set up camp, so we had the rest of the day to enjoy. Everyone had fun playing a game of capture the flag, even though no one found any flags.
Daniel and Rose got caught and were stuck in jail for a long time... Oh, and that rock reminds me of the one in A Bug's Life for some reason.


Behind our campsite was this rocky area, which was perfect for climbing around on.

Some of the kids were playing Mafia and where coming up with a word to use instead of "Dead Body". I suggested "Kentucky Fried Chicken", which we decided  to yell at every car that passed by our campsite. See?

Getting our first campfire of the trip started.


Saturday morning the weather was perfect, not a cloud in the sky. So we decided to head out early and do some sight seeing. We stopped at one of the viewpoints on the way up to Reflection Lake then to Paradise.
At the viewpoint, we decided to take a group picture with the tripod.


At Reflection Lake, we had to walk around on the snow a bit before we found somewhere with a reflection of Rainier.


On our way back to the campsite, we spotted and dear.


We passed over a bridge while going back as well and I shot this one out the car window.


Later in the afternoon, we all hiked 1.5 miles down to Longmire.



Once we arrived in Longmire, we saw that the mountain had these really neat clouds around it.


We all got an ice cream or a popsicle at the gift shop while we were there. Here we have the awesome Lilly.


And her sister, Mary.


The rest of our trip was spend relaxing and playing games back at the campsite.

I Love Camping

This past weekend my family, along with two other families, spend a wonderful three nights camping at Mt. Rainier. We spent our time playing games, going on hikes, visiting different viewpoints, and enjoying campfires at night. Now that we're home, I have all sorts of pictures to sort through and edit. Hopefully it won't be to long before I'll be sharing them all.

Enjoying the Lake

At our camping trip, we spent a bit of time at the lake, even though it's was pretty windy most the time.

My awesome friend, Carrie. She posed for me on the log.

I'm going to have a hard time convincing people that this was shot when we were camping... In the middle of June...

We spent some time at the swing sets.

I love this shot! Steven's so cute!

Oh, and this one wasn't taken by me... Maybe because it's a picture of myself... :P

Camping 2010

I said I be posting pictures from the camping trip, so here they are! We stayed with four other families at the group site. And boy, was it a huge site! We had lots of places to decide were to set up camp, and there was tons of room for everyone to run around, and have a good time.

The group camp sign.

Notice the winter jackets; it was cold and windy for most of the stay. We were glad we got one sunny and warm day, though.

Adorable little Mary!

There was a bit of card playing going on one morning...

My sister, Tiana.

Mary (Yes we had two Mary's)

Lots of cards.

Lauren, when all the girls were playing Apple to Apples in the tent, while it rained.

On the last day, there was a game of Capture the Flag: Kids vs. Adults. Needless to say, the parents were outnumbered...

Chris and Reid in jail.

Michael and my dad coming up with a strategy to get Chris and Reid out of jail.

The Beautiful Lake Wenatchee

Yesterday my family got back from a wonderful camping trip at Lake Wenatchee. We had a wonderful time! I'll be posting some pictures sometime soon.

I love the clouds in this shot.

An island:

The morning after we arrived, there was a perfect reflection.