Boooomb Pop...

...from the ice cream truck after dinner at Matthews Beach. (Mom and Dad are drinking mohitos.) Ahhh, summer.

First Family Camping Trip

Two weekends ago (late posting again) we took our first family camping trip to Tolt-McDonald State Park. It was only about 45 min away, so if things went really bad we wouldn't be too far from home. It was 100% organized by Tashana and she thought of everything.

We were there from Thursday through Saturday night - an ambitious trip.

Thursday it rained all evening, we had hot soup for dinner because there was no way to start a fire in the rain. The rest of the time the weather was great, the camp was great, and the company was great. We were joined by our friends the Radens for the weekend, and the Wilkins also came and had dinner and hung out on Saturday.

We stayed in a yurt, which is a semi insulated, semi heated, temporary structure. Ours was about 14' in diameter and had 2 futons and a bunk bed. I don't consider futons usually camping, but these were pretty bad - almost as bad as sleeping on the ground.

To get to he campground, you had to cross over a 300' people only pedestrian bridge - it shook a little and was pretty cool.

We rode bikes, played a lot in the yard, and threw rocks in the river, dug in a mudslide. Roasted marshmallows, made friends, and had no major accidents.

Though Edison had a hard time adjusting to sleeping in bright conditions, (the yurt had a skylight), in the end it worked out OK. I might even agree to go again someday if my wife makes me.

Favorite Foods

Just finished lunch of fried chicken and potato chips (don't judge my nutritional choices), carrots and red peppers, with Edy, who is on he second post-lunch bowl of chips where she negotiated for every last chip she could get.

"Edy are potato chips your favorite food?"

She nods, because she has a chip in her mouth, then says "And candy and pizza."

You can tell we eat well around here.