August 22, 2008

  • random pictures

    As I mentioned last night I finally got the pictures off my camera.  Its been several weeks so I have a very random mix.

    The first is a picture of the worlds largest spruce tree.  It is HUGE.  See how far my kids are spread across it...

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    Yeah there are rain spots all over the picture.  This was the day we took a shower with all of our clothes on.

    My vicious KK.  She is so funny.  She is really my most mild-mannered child.  Very mellow, basically never looses her cool.  But has an incredibly violent streak in play.  She loves sword fighting, guns, blood, guts and gore.  (All pretend of course)  I guess its the way she gets her agression out, and why she is Samuel's loyal companion....even when he treats her like dirt. 

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    And let's not forget this "vicious" child.   He forgot to play nice.  And KK was telling him off in no uncertain terms. 

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    In regards to buddies.  These two are so great together.  They spend HOURS collecting things.  Mostly berries.  And they have after 3 days finally collected enough blackberries for blackberry smoothies.  They spend most of there day looking for berries.  This was taken the morning after our buggy camping trip.  We stopped a Ruby beach to explore.  Its normally a gorgeous beach, but was very very fog covered, so I don't have great pictures of it.

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    Its a Pacific beach versus a strait beach.  And this particular visit it was extremely crowded.  I've never seen it like that before.  I guess that's what you get for going in the summer time.

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    see how many people are buried in the fog?  I don't think we'll be going back in the summer time.  LOL  Winter is much better for beaches, no peoples!

     

    So after that beach we headed home...actually past home to go camp at the beach.  I was still trying to convince myself I wasn't getting sick.  (haha) so we headed to a strait beach that you can literally camp on.  Its not advertised, but people do it somewhat frequently.  It was nice and hot there, and just relaxing.

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    No he's not actually swimming his hands are touching the ground even though it doesn't look like it in that picture.  The biggest dumb about this camping spot was we didn't bring swimming suits.  And the kids kept swimming in there clothes, and then changing, and then swimming again.  As a result if we had spent the night they would have had nothing dry to sleep in.  Lesson learned.  LOL  Next time swim suits and towels.  Cause it was fun otherwise. 

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    My main swimmer.  This kid should have fins!

    A rather cool shot of a heron flying.

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    And our campfire on the beach.  It ended up being a very nice fire, and was fun to cuddle by.  But by this time I was dizzy, and achey alllllll over.   So we left at 7 pm for home.  It was a wise choice considering how nasty sick I ended up being the next day. 

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    So that's the highlights of our camping trip almost a week after we did it.  LOL 

    This must be evidence that I'm starting to feel better.  I actually am, I'm coughing occasionally, and that's about it.  *cheers*  I guess stuffing myself with well-max was worth it.  Nasty tasting stuff that it is. 

     

     

     

     

     

Comments (7)

  • LMAO! You know you''re a true Washington coast-er when half a dozen other people in the fog on the beach constitute a crowd. Ehehehehe. Love it! I do love the winter though when it's crazy rainy and windy and there's not another soul to be found on the beach but yourself.

  • sorry you don't feel well - the pics are great as always - wow, that is one b-i-g tree!!! i like an empty beach too, i'm not one for crowds

  • oh it all looks so nice. i would love to go camping.

  • @Zvanoizu - actually there were a ton of people at this beach.  More like a California beach.  It was impossible to take a picture in any direction with out people in it.  I would guess there was about 80 cars or more in the parking lot. 

  • I am not sure if you could tell in the pictures that you can't see the other side of the lake.  You cna't because it is Wisconsin on the other side.  We were at Lake Michigan.  The waves can and often do get a lot bigger than we saw that day.  I almost drown the summer before 3rd or 4th grade at that exact same beach.  It was a red flag day and we went swimming anyway since the waves were great for body surfing.  I got caught in the undertow and was saved by the 'nanny' that took us to the beach.

  • Great pictures of your kids and the big tree.  I like beaches if less crowded, haven't been to one for years.  Hope you are feeling better.

  • I loved being in the water when I was Zeria's age too! I still do, really!

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