Camping

For vacation this year Katie and I met up with my AmeriCorps team and went camping at Hendy Woods State Park. Our first night there we purchased fire wood, Katie got to help carry some back to our campsite.

Katie has been so excited to go camping that she could hardly wait. When we had out tent set up she couldn't wait to sleep in it and play in it.

We had a lot of trees around our campsite and Katie loved playing in them.

We took a hike in the woods and discovered there was tons of poison oak so Katie was instructed to not touch anything green so she would not get what she called "poison joke".

We also made a trip to a nearby stream. Katie and Cosmo had fun throwing rocks into the water.

We also spent a day in Mendocino and Ft Bragg where we ate some awesome ice cream.

Katie also fell...twice skinning the same spot. She is not one to often have skinned knees.

In Ft Bragg we visited the glass beach and found some lovely flowers on the path to the water.

Then we found the water.

Then we found the glass. I did not learn the history of the beach until we got home.

Back at the campsite we built daily fires which Katie loved.

If Katie could still be sleeping in her tent she probably would.

On our trip back we stopped for a night in Morro Bay, Katie really wanted to visit the beach. We found a lot of sand dollars and various other shells.

We also spent time in the hotel relaxing and enjoying our return to modern conveniences. 

It was a great trip and an excellent chance to unplug (no cell service while camping!). We are already planning our next camping trip!