Isaiah was laughing so hard getting Grandpa to splash in the water with him
The last weekend in July was wide open, so we decided to meet up with my parents at Hagg Lake to go out on the boat since that Sat was supposed to be in the high 80's. If you remember how long it took for summer to get here, we were really excited to have a nice day on a weekend! We took a picnic dinner and parked the boat on a beach to swim and enjoy the sunshine. Instead of coming home that night my Dad came up with the idea of finding a place to camp. So, he set out to find a place and we loaded up the camper. Of course every place was first come, first serve and by the time he got there they were taken. But... my Dad is determined and found us a place. We ended up at a "campground" that had actually closed down, but still had "camp sites", about 4 of them between and lovely creek and the HIGHWAY! I have to laugh because it's not at all a place we would normally camp (being that it was right on the main highway), but it was an adventure and we had fun. In between the semi's driving past, we could enjoy the peaceful sound of the creek and then another semi would pass and we would laugh. At one point my Dad mentioned that he was sure it would quiet down as the night grew on, but that didn't quite happen. We had a campfire and all slept in the camper. The kids got a kick out of that and thought it was great to wake up and have Grammy and Grandpa there. We packed up that morning and drove to Camp 18. Brian had never been there and it sounded like the perfect place to take the kids. Good times!
The creek near our campsite. It was a very calming sound falling asleep to in between the loud trucks passing by!
Isaiah found himself a bench to park himself on while the rest of us set up camp
Check out the Elk head behind them. Ashley was a little nervous getting so close to it.
Giving the bear hugs
One of the carved statues outside of the restarant
Old logging equipment at Camp 18
2 comments:
What a great impromptu weekend! We love that you are up for anything and go with the flow.(dads crazy adventures)
Hey, I figured with a couple of 4-wheel drive vehicles pulling our boat and the Timm travel trailer we'd find a place even if we had to discover our own "new" campsite in the woods!
This campsite we stayed at was actually pretty plush considering some we've stayed at in the past; easy access to the highway (150 feet), store near by (convenience store), bathrooms (Portapotty), relaxing creekside campsite (between semi's roaring by), and no noise from other campers (the campground shut down two years ago). But with a little bit of resourcefulness and flexibility we made the best of it and had a great time.
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