Monday, July 19, 2010

Dosewallips Camping 2010

The girls and I went out this weekend with two other families to Dosewallips (“Doseywallips”) State Park.  It is a beautiful spot where the Dosewallips River meets the Hood Canal, and we had a great time. 

We took a ferry to get across the Sound:

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It was windy, as you can see.  We went over on a Friday morning, so we had a good three days there.  Friday afternoon we checked out the tidal flats, which were full of clams and clam shells:

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Naomi finds a shell:

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Saturday morning, we hiked up to Muirhut Falls, which were absolutely gorgeous:

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Hannah was in charge of the two-way radio, so that she could be the scout and send reports back from up ahead:

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Naomi was in charge of this camera for a while:DSCN1234

The kids ran the entire way back down from the falls to the car, which was pretty impressive.

That afternoon, after quiet time, we visited the Dosewallips River itself.  I think it was 100% snow runoff and extremely cold.  Hannah liked having her feet in …

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… but I was definitely in and out.  I did make it to the log in the middle:

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We went back out to the tidal flats a second time on Saturday.  Naomi was not at all impressed with the crabs on the beach, so I told her she and I could do something else.  Mostly taking more pictures with my camera.  She was pleased:

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We came back on Sunday.  We had to make breakfast, break camp, pack, and wait a while for the ferry.   By the time we made it home, we were tired and dirty, but happy:

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We’re definitely looking forward to camping in the San Juan Island in August!

- Michael

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