So never mind that we have a brand new baby, and never mind that we are down to the last few weeks of sunshiny weather. I still had that crazy 'Washington State Itch' to pack in the summertime memories. You really have to have those to get you through the dark and rainy months.
Plus, on our list of must do's before we leave the state was: Return to Paradise.
The historic Paradise Inn on Mt Rainier and the National park are really my idea of what paradise might look like. It's absolutely beautiful. We stayed at Cougar Rock and although the area was great, it ended up being a lot colder than I had expected. (For late august). Tent camping with an infant ended up being a little more difficult than I anticipated..... I was right in that Tobias was easy and immobile.........but I had overlooked the fact that if I was holding the baby most of the time, I really couldn't do much else. Mark ended up doing pretty much everything..............
It was suppose to be a four day adventure, extending down to Mount St. Helen, but on night number two, after nine hours of a torrential downpour all our gear (and tent) was soaked. Mark still pouted that it was do-able, but come on..........we have three small kids.......do I really have to be the bad guy by not wanting to sleep in a wet sleeping bag? (Why do I feel the need to defend my call........wouldn't you pack it in?)
Otherwise it was great and I'm so glad we did it!
Plus, on our list of must do's before we leave the state was: Return to Paradise.
The historic Paradise Inn on Mt Rainier and the National park are really my idea of what paradise might look like. It's absolutely beautiful. We stayed at Cougar Rock and although the area was great, it ended up being a lot colder than I had expected. (For late august). Tent camping with an infant ended up being a little more difficult than I anticipated..... I was right in that Tobias was easy and immobile.........but I had overlooked the fact that if I was holding the baby most of the time, I really couldn't do much else. Mark ended up doing pretty much everything..............
It was suppose to be a four day adventure, extending down to Mount St. Helen, but on night number two, after nine hours of a torrential downpour all our gear (and tent) was soaked. Mark still pouted that it was do-able, but come on..........we have three small kids.......do I really have to be the bad guy by not wanting to sleep in a wet sleeping bag? (Why do I feel the need to defend my call........wouldn't you pack it in?)
Otherwise it was great and I'm so glad we did it!
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Funny story! We had the same experience camping in the rain! We left our wet tent and sleeping bags and found the nearest hotel. Then came back the next day when it was sunny and packed up. The next summer we got an rv!
Kate! I didn't know you guys moved to Blogger! I love it! and now I can add the feed so I know whenever you post!
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