Last weekend we met up with Daniel and the older boys for some car camping near Middle Fork Snoqualmie River in North Bend. Pete flew in from his St. Louis trip late Friday night at 11:30pm. To be smart and save gas, we decided we would head out camping that night after picking him up at the airport. It was a late night. We met Daniel and his boys on the car trail, then proceded to look for a camp spot. The one we wanted was already taken, so we had to look elsewhere. We kept driving and driving. I think it was about 2:30ish am when the guys finally decided to just pull over on the side of the road and called it quits for the night. Pete and I unloaded the back of our car so we could sleep there (I love having a big car!), and Daniel and his boys slept in the bed of his truck. The next morning we loaded everything back into the cars and headed off again to look for a campsite. Eventually we found one and AGAIN unloaded the cars to set camp up. Daniel cooked up a breakfast of eggs, hashbrowns, sausage and bacon for all of us. By the time we actually ate I think it was more around lunch time. I was still tired, so I took a little nap while boys played around and the men finished setting camp up. Later in the day we headed down to the river to play. It was my first time ever swimming in a river. It was cold yet refreshing all at the same time. We played around before heading back up to camp to get dinner started. We ate dinner in stages: corn on the cob, asparagus soaked in oil and garlic, then two roasts. It was d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s!! For dessert I had made a homemade peach pie to bring with us. By the time we got to that, half of us were falling asleep and headed for bed. But Daniel, Dominick and Pete all said my pie was tasty. Sunday morning I woke up ready to pack everything up and go home. The mosquitos were awful and were constantly attacking me. We made breakfast, packed up and by noon we were headed home. We had fun, and it was a nice change to do some car camping instead of hiking.
Our camp site
The river we camped next to and boys' playing near the water
Pete and Kristjan cuddling and goofing with each other
Kristjan and Clifford chillin' at the camp table
Dominick wasn't too happy. The mosquitos were attacking him too. If you look closely, you can see all the red welts on his back from the bites
Boys with their glow-in-the-dark swords that I picked up for them
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