We left last Wednesday for a 5-day camping trip to the San Juan Islands. All of Emily's five siblings and their families came to celebrate Grandpa and Grandma Rice's 50th anniversary. The trip there involved a 4 hour drive to Anacortes--a small town north of Seattle--where we got on board a ferry. Overall, Eliana did very well and had lots of fun with her cousins.
The day before we left, Eliana was helping us pack the cooler.
We made three stops on the long car ride up. To help pass time, she read books, played with her toys, slept, and screamed.
The ferry ride to the island took about 1 hour. As you can see, the weather was gorgeous.
We bought a ginormous tent just for this trip. Pre-Eliana, we used to use a 3-man backpacking tent but with our wiggly worm, the small tent just wouldn't do. This 12'x14' behemoth from Costco.com did the trick.
We hung out inside the tent some. Her cousins Abbie, Millie, and Lena would come over to play.
But during the day, it got much too hot to be inside the tent. So we would chill out underneath the shady trees. Here she is sitting on Aunt Jenny's lap.
We celebrated Eliana's birthday again with Emily's family. Just like before, Eliana was perplexed by the cupcake with the candle on top.
Bedtime was later than usual. Since the sun set so late, and we had not way of going "indoors", closing the blinds, and making everything dark. So Eliana only went to bed after the sun set.
The sun rises early at about 5am or 5:30am. Luckily, Eliana was tired enough that she did not wake up with the sun.
What else did we do there? We went hiking...
Our campground was right next to a lake. While others went kayaking, Eliana dipped her feet (and most of her body) into the water.
We visited an alpaca farm. Eliana did the sign for "cat" and called the alpacas "Go-go", which is the name of our neighbor's cat that she loves.
We visited a lavender farm.
On the ferry ride back, Eliana wanted to copy her cousin Lena, who was hanging upside down on the bench. So Eliana did the same thing.
And we finally made it back home on Sunday afternoon. She was tired after her first (but not last) camping trip.
2 comments:
I love the pics! Thanks for sharing about your trip to the San Juans. :)
I laughed when you shared about having to get a ginormous tent! We borrowed a 12x14 monster from a friend for this trip to Oregon, still in a bit of doubt that we really need one that big and can't just use our backpacking ones. And the girls are able to sleep in their own sleeping bags now which really helps limit their crazy sleeping movements.
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