After hiking in the Jewel Basin (in Kalispell), our little clan bid farewell to the family and headed south of Missoula for a few final days of camping. This time the weather was perfect, the lake was refreshing,…
After being driven by the weather from our beloved campground, we opted to head home to Kalispell for a hike in the Jewel Basin. I did this hike once before while living in Kalispell during Matt’s deployment. Matt and…
July began with a wild Bremerton Fourth of July, Matt’s Navy Rock Band performances, a family hike or two, and then a trip to Montana for Matt’s leave. We went to our favorite camping and hiking spot, way…
Matt was out of town a lot, so the kids and I did a lot of adventuring (although we did have some adventures with Matt, too). More beaching with friends on hot days, a hike up Gold Mountain to…
May brought warm days and beach, a soccer game, Matt leading our UU church choir (and lots more fun days enjoying our church), Cedar the chef and Cedar the scientist (making dry-ice ice-cream and dry ice explosions with…
We joined our friends at Ft. Ebey State Park on Whidbey Island for a camping weekend. It was a different kind of camping experience for our family– less primitive that what we normally do (we even went out…
Matt’s mom came back from Montana with us for another week of fun in Washington, so we had some adventures: Beach and walks, woods and more beach, botanic garden, an old military fort, sand dollar collecting and, of…
In April the kids and I took off for a week in Montana. The weather was mostly very warm (as it was in WA), so we got to spend a TON of time outdoors. We discovered a beach we’d…
These snapshots from April include abrupt and unseasonably warm, dry weather here in WA (regular 80+ degree days), so we took advantage of it by heading to beaches with friends. Also included are walks and ferry rides, gardening (both planting…
