Jason and I stayed up late Thursday trying to figure out a place we could camp on Friday. Every place you could reserve a campsite were booked solid. I really wanted to avoid having to drive five to six hours just to get to Olympic National Park. Friday morning I found three first come, first serve camp grounds in Washington and decided to go for it. Basically dooming myself to be ill-prepared (nothing big, just no meal planning, or fun campsite activities). The kids and I picked up the rented camp gear from rei, made a target run, packed and picked up Jason from work. All by 3:45.
Our first obstacle was Portland rush hour. We crawled, slowly on I-5 all the way to the state line. By 5:30 Davey was hungry and there was the constant mantra of "eat. Eat now." from the back seat. Lucky for him we were in the middle of nowhere. Since we were already being adventurous we stopped at the next place we found, Spiffys. Spiffys was surprisingly good and some amazing looking pies. Our campground, Lewis and Clark state park was just down the road. There were three campsites left when we arrived. We ended up in the ADA reserved site because after 7 it isopen to anyone. Jason got the tent up quickly with no issues. Not bad for a camping newbie! We spent the last bit of time before bed exploring, swinging on the swings at the "playgound" (a field with one swing set), and throwing rocks in the creek (the kids favorite).
Sleeping was interesting. First, the mats did nothing (we later realized they weren't inflated), Davey announced every noise "noise. Loud.", and Davey would not stay still. I woke up at one point to Davey literally burrowing head first into my sleeping bag. It was a long night. (oh, and there was a rooster somewhere nearby.)
Up next Olympic National Park.
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