July 2, 2007

• Camping

  

  We came home long enough to clean the house and   do our homeschool evaluation which was rescheduled for today, and then we're headed back to the beach.  We're running wild, and having lots of fun, and getting quite dirty.  I love camping five minutes from home.  Its the best of both worlds.

  

  Rob's actually working tonight, but he'll join us when he gets off, and watch the stars with me for awhile.  Jeremiah *gasp* actually slept through the whole night.  Its the first time I haven't had a baby milking on me while camping since Kaylin was born.  It was an amazing novelty.  Does this mean my babies are growing up?

  We had the necessary hot dog roast last night.

  

  And for the first time EVER we didn't have to cook someone's hot dogs.  Jer even cooked his.  Don't ya love our sticks?  They were a Christmas pressy several years ago from the 'ils.  They been very well used. 

  After eating our healthy dinner of hot dogs, we all went for a nice long walk on the beach.  We walked all the way to the mouth of our river the Clallam.  The access to this beach is actually private, although we've had permission to use it all along.  But regardless we'd never walked much of the stretch--even though its only five minutes from home.  We have now, and it was a lovely walk. 

   

  We found the required driftwood to play on, and lots of pretty rocks, and several rather bizarre pieces of driftwood that ended up coming home with us. 

   

   

  

  There's the mouth of our river.    Now, I just need to get to the headwaters some day.  LOL

  

  There's my rather beautiful family.  Samuel's scowling cause his mother just gone done telling him the evil word no.  Mom's are like that ya know.  It was all in the intrest of saving his neck, but he didn't see it that way. 

  After our nice long hike it was almost bedtime, but first we had to roast marshmallows

  

  After marshmallows the kids crawled into their sleeping bags, while Rob and I sat in lawn chairs around the fire reading, and watching the sun.

   

  

  King Salmon fishing has opened in Clallam Bay, so the harbor is very full.  And we don't look like a ghost town for awhile.  But our campsite was empty.  Which was just fine with us.  Its a dry camp--which doesn't appeal to a lot of people.  But it's also 6 steps from our tents to the beach--which DOES appeal to us. 

  

  

  The hills in that picture are part of Vancouver Island.  We live all of twenty miles from Canada, but sure as heck can't get there from here. 

  

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