Memorial Day Weekend 2009

We promised the kids to go camping, and since we didn't go camping  last summer they were really excited. We failed to reserve a campsite though, and were becoming reluctant attempt camping on a such a busy weekend. We discussed the options with the kids and they were willing to take the risk of driving a few hours and then attempting to find a place to camp. Their enthusiasm buoyed me up, so early Saturday morning we loaded the van and started off to the west coast of the Olympic Peninsula. As luck would have it, we found a great camp site at the first place we stopped. We had a great weekend tromping around the Rainforest. Yes, I did say "Rainforest." It gets 140-170 inches of rain a year! Luckily for us we had quite a bit of sun that weekend.

Megan getting her glasses steamed by her hot chocolate.

Hiking along the HO river, in the Ho Rainforest, at Olympic National Park.

The sun was shining and we actually got hot while hiking that day. A very rare event in the rainforest in May.