Katie and John are in town all the way from Alaska! We had a great couple of days hanging out. We ate a lot and went to The Gorge. Good times with the Pez family!

A day in this life...

Things are pretty good right now. Scott loves his new job. Kerwin no longer has fleas. My work is moving along like clockwork. I do hope something exciting happens soon.

Camping Trip!

Since we've moved to Washington things have been so topsy-turvy (with my health and Scott's job) that we've not been able to go camping. It's been something we've talked about often but just never was able to do. So, now that things are much more settled we decided that it was time.

I went online and reserved us a campsite for three days! We have no idea where Middle Forks is but we are on our way there...

We arrived at our site just as the sun was setting. It was a warm evening but we just had to have a campfire. Scott really wanted smores (which I think may be the only reason he likes camping so much). We set up camp, made a fancy campfire and sat around late into the night watching the flames dance and the stars sparkle.

Camping breakfast is always my favorite. There is something about sleeping in the woods and waking up to sunlight streaming into the tent that always makes me super hungry. The fresh air makes everything taste better.

By mid-morning the temperature had climbed to above 90. We would have to pick the hottest weekend of the year to go camping.

We wanted to go hiking anyway so we started down the trail just outside our campsite.

After hiking for a couple of hours the heat was unbearable. We made for the river to cool off. It was amazingly cold and felt wonderful.

The sun began to set so we went back to camp. After cleaning up and cooling off from the heat of the day we started cooking dinner. Just after the sun set David and Camilla came out to camp with us at our site. We spent the night eating, drinking, making smores and tending the fire. Scott enjoyed burning a copy of the paper containing his final article.

After we went to bed a lightning storm started up. It never rained but it sure sounded like it might at any moment. The cool wind was a welcome thing after roasting for so long.

The next morning we got up early and had breakfast. After packing up we took one more walk down to the river. The day was already staring to heat up so we jumped in the airconditioned car and made for home. (We HAD to make one stop on the way home for Starbucks...It's an addiction...It's sad, I know.)

I must say that overall it was a pretty good three days in the woods.

08.08.08

Happy 08.08.08! Here's a picture of Seattle from my neck of the woods around sunset today.