Leavenworth Part 2

One of our first outings was our usual visit to the fish hatchery -- one of our favorites!! We try to get there earlier in the day while it is cool as shade is not overly common. It is great to see the salmon returning, learn a bit about the salmon hatchery and how they operate and enjoy the small nature trail. The kids really enjoyed it! We did not see any lizards like normal however we did find a cute little squirrel who was in a bird house. A fun time!

Leavenworth Camping Trip Part 1

Our annual camping trip with friends and family this year was our longest yet - we stayed for ten days and even that didn't seem long enough. We started our trip with this super long list of things we wanted to see, do, try, explore, find and enjoy... we hit only a few of those items making time to just enjoy camp as well. We came to the realization that the particular camp site we stayed at wasn't just a camp site but rather a base for the area we really wanted to enjoy.

We stayed at Tumwater Campground just outside of Leavenworth. This was a great campground that we would enjoy again. The campground is huge offering sites both for a quick night over and enjoyment on the river. We did luck out and enjoy the river all week while camping, which was really nice as the weather was hot... some days reaching close to one-hundred. Being in the mountains and near water helped to keep the warmth reasonable.

While camping we enjoyed many outings on hikes and to town. One walk was to an alpine lake called Hidden Lake, just above Lake Wenatchee. The walk was just under a mile, perfect for kids. The lake was beautiful!!! We hiked up and enjoy some refreshing water play.

Silver Springs Camping

This past weekend we enjoyed our annual trip with friends to Silver Springs camp ground - a fun way to kind of kick off the camping season! The weather was some what cooperative, a few showers on Saturday but not too horrible. The kids all seemed to care less and kept on playing.

All of our camping friends are dutch oven masters now too -- making for some fine feasts when together! The food cannot be beat - in fact our dinners are so amazing that we eat a light lunch and few snacks... gotta keep the bellies ready for good food! Bryan also enjoys a certain breakfast dish that he cooked up each morning, makes way more than our family  can eat but luckily there are others to help enjoy it.

Once again a wonderful weekend!

Kanaskat Palmer Camping Trip

This past weekend we finally got the trailer out for a some Spring camping, our first trip this season! We took a short trip just to get our groove back down, make sure all things were working well with the trailer and get out of town into nature. We went to Kanaskat Palmer, a little local favorite camp ground that we have enjoyed many times.

The weather started out wet but actually cleared up to beautiful sunshine for the whole afternoon on Saturday - making for some nice outdoor time, nature walk, a bit of rock collecting and a campfire complete with smores. Sunday morning the kids got out a bit to go for a walk but we did a bit of indoor time and packing up. The weekend went very quickly but it felt good to get out and start the camping season!

Penrose Point Camping

We spent this past weekend enjoying our 3rd year of camping at Penrose Point during a low tide weekend. Each year our trip has grown by more families joining us from our camping circle, this year it grew even more making for a great weekend of fun! We enjoyed seeing some friends that we have not enjoyed for some time - a nice treat for sure!

Although we had the pleasure of some raindrops to dampen the weekend a bit, the beach didn't disappoint. Saturday was our best day on the beach as we got out there in time for lowest tide and then took our time walking in to really enjoy the critters. After our time on the actual spit we took a couple kiddos over to the sand dollar beds, a real treat as you just don't see this too often.

We came back to camp and there were so many kiddos enjoying the time of their life through rain downpours and sun breaks. They still enjoyed exploring the woods, playing, riding bikes & scooters and more! It was a fantastic time, another great camping trip - we look forward to next year!