I'm pretty sure our little car couldn't hold another thing.
Unpacking the car is a bit of a process, but I think it is actually fun to set up our little temporary "home".
After getting set up, we explored the camp site a bit, and then got to work on dinner. We do manage to eat well out in the wild.
The next morning we woke to discover a small bear had been nosing around
behind our tent. This is NOT actually the very bear, but our neighboring
campers took a picture of it (I wish I'd thought to ask them to email it to us!). I found this picture online that looks awfully similar (though a little thinner than "our" bear). Glad he was little and not TOO nosy!
After breakfast, we went for a hike. OK hiked some and rode some in our borrowed external frame backpack--this was awesome to have on some of the trickier paths!
There are around fifteen waterfalls in the park. We managed to hike out to four of them, which was perfect for us.
Resting after some fun tossing rocks in the water.
This was the big one--a whopping ninety-four feet, though the pictures don't show how big it really is. I took the next one, from the top of the fall (where we started before hiking down). Notice the tiny people down there?
Exploring (in nearly the same spot as the tiny people pictured above).
The long hike back up. There was more huffing, but it was just as beautiful.
After lunch, we headed down to the lake. Oscar was a little wary of the water at first, and spent a good amount of time enjoying the sand (aka "mixing cement").
But soon, he and Johnny were swimming like a couple of fish.
(I can't think of the right caption for this picture, but it is hands-down my favorite from this trip.)
My boys resting in the shade of our little beach tent.
A little post-beach running to get...
ice-cream!
Around the campsite we found lots of ways to keep entertained, including riding the scooter. OK liked "riding fast with Daddy".
Camping, we love you. We are already looking forward to next year--or maybe sooner? We'll see...
