Monday, July 06, 2009

Camping in Mossyrock, WA

We were invited to go to a family reunion for July 4th weekend with Josh's cousin Jeff's family. We went to Mossyrock, WA and stayed at a campground that was probably the best that any of us have been to. The rangers were all very nice, it was clean, they had playgrounds, a swimming area and a great view. We had so much fun and the weather was great, between 85-90 everyday. We had to look for shade because it was so hot! This was Megan's second camping trip, her first was last year for the same event at a different campground but only one night. This time we got to stay 3 nights. She was so tired and slept really good Sunday night. She was basically covered in dirt the entire time we were there except for the first 5 minutes after the two showers we took. We kept her lathered with sunscreen - which we think might be the culprit of the rash she has again but at least she's not burned. She swam, dug in the dirt, rode her quad, played on the playground, got to enjoy her first s'more and all sorts of stuff. Jeff's family was very nice and welcoming and they really know how to camp! Just about everyone has a trailer or RV and made our wishlist even longer. Do we get a camper so that we can pull a boat too? A toy hauler for our eventual family quads or just a trailer for camping purposes? That reminds me, I need to buy a Powerball ticket.
Cousins, Hunter and Megan
The "neighbor" boy came over to play and found a quad of his own. Unfortunately Megan and Hunter had the battery powered ones.
This is Jeff's mom and her husband Gene. Everyone there was basically from Gene's side of the family and then Shirley's two sons and their families + us.
Megan and Hunter watching Handy Manny in the trailer on Saturday morning. Another reason to get a trailer.......
Enjoying her first s'more!

Getting settled down for bed by the campfire. She went to bed really easily for us which was very nice given that she was in unfamiliar territory in a tent! Two of the nights she woke up pretty early and we brought her into bed with us and she slept awhile longer. Overall she was a very good camper which we appreciated immensely.

Megan and her hot camping mama!
There was one or maybe a hundred gophers and resulting dirt mounds around the campsite. It was always an opportunity to dig and get dirty.

Pigpen face.
Playing at the swimming hole. Of course......we had the playground problem again and all she wanted to do was swing instead of swim!
It was fun for about 5 minutes though.
Megan sunning next to Dash.

3 comments:

Danielle said...

That looks like so much fun! And camping with a trailer that has a TV sounds awesome - I might go more often if we had one! Happy 4th of July!

Shar said...

Fun, fun and more fun!!

Kelly said...

That picture of Megan and her daddy cuddling by the fire is so priceless!!