If you know how we roll around here, you know that we don't often do a lot of advance planning for our weekends. This weekend being no exception, somewhere around 10am on Saturday, we decided to go camping. After throwing around approximately 6000 ideas, we finally settled on going south towards to the coast... or maybe to the Mt. Rainier area... or maybe south but inland... or we'd just decide on the road. Two hours, one tent, four sleeping bags, five camp chairs, and a lot of other crap later, we found ourselves on the road. Four hours after THAT we found ourselves getting an off-road vehicle permit, a big red flag, and one portable toilet. And THEN one hour later, we were surrounded by lots and lots of sand (and the sound of ATVs) in our "dispersed camp site" in the Siuslaw National Forest sand dunes. Aside from the drone of ATVs, it was really beautiful and I'm now a huge fan of sleeping on the sand. The little people were also big, big advocates of camping this way -- today, Molly informed me that she likes that camp site better than Seattle (I dunno about that...) and Jack did innumerable face plants in the sand (and yes, Holly, he did ingest his fair share of sand although he seemed happier landing in it than eating it this time around). Sometimes these adventures don't work out so well but, more often than not or else we'd call it quits, the unplanned nature of them adds to the spirit and fun and they end up like this -- sandy, sunny, and undoubtedly funny.
Our view.
My sous chef.
Tent sentry.
Plenty of room to run... and run... and run.
Sunset.
Jamming at sunset.
Where'd my cars go?
(Ed note: I dug for Hot Wheels a few too many times this trip. Not so fun when you're pretty much looking for a needle in a haystack).
It's okay, we found them.
Campfire.
The proud fire builder.
Getting ready for s'mores.
On Sunday, we headed up the coast where there was sand AND water.
Captain beach.
Yes, that water is FREEZING.
Although, some people disagreed with that notion.
The Boss Lady and Little Big Man.
The end.
2 comments:
Looks like a fun adventure! Good for you guys! I feel like I spent my days finding Hot Wheels from within the couch abyss so I can't imagine finding them in the sand!
Very cool! Love the pics. Too bad you had to buy a portable toilet when you have at least one back at the house. Might be a little small for you and John but isn't that what camping is all about?
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