The beach was beautiful. It had been a long time since we
had been on the unprotected coast. It feels quite different than the beaches in
Puget Sound. There was a random llama who called the beach home. He was there
when we came on Friday and still there when we left on Sunday. We explored a
bit, hung out at camp, played cards, read books, and played bocce. Eben used
his hatchet to hack up a ton of firewood and we had toasty fires both nights. Edison
and Charlotte took on the job of filtering the water from the creek. We tried
to hike out to the haystack rocks at low tide, but the tide wasn’t quite low
enough for us to reach them which was a little disappointing. But just walking
and exploring the coast was pretty satisfying anyway.
After we hiked out Sunday morning, Eben and I kept telling
the kids how proud we were of them for stepping up to the challenge of backpacking.
Edison has requested more backpacking trips this summer. And all in all, it was
a successful and rewarding experience. Not to mention a good shakedown to help
us realize one of our tents (the one I had bought in high school) probably wasn’t
worth hanging onto anymore! Reed hiked the whole time, though slow at times,
and never quit, which is saying a lot for a three-year-old.
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