We spent last weekend at our family cabin. Mostly it was my mom’s family but a few folks from my dad’s side made it, too. All in all it was exactly what a family camp should be. Two nights at a “rustic” cabin, as many dogs as people, lots of food, and fishing. Here is the story in pictures (photos taken by my wife).
The Cabin
Most of the family
Worms
Fly’s
Taylor with a fish
Chase with a fish
One of the best things about living in Seattle is it’s proximity to some fantastic outdoors. We have all of the benefits of a big city (except for decent mass transit) with the wilds of the countryside just a short drive away. In that spirit Eric and I drove out to exit 38 after work to do a little rock climbing.
It has been quite a while since I’ve done any climbing so I was, shall I say, rusty. It was great fun anyway. We hiked up the Mt. Washington trail to the Peannacle wall. The views are phenomenal. It’s worth the hike just for the views. We saw a fantastic sunset and then hiked out in the dark. Unfortunately I didn’t have a camera with me to capture the way that the sunset cast its beautiful hue on the rock. I guess I’ll have to go back.
I love big excursions that require lots of planning and preparation but sometimes the weekend is just too busy for that. Luckily, we live close to some amazing mountains so it’s possible to get out and enjoy them even when we have lots of stuff planned. This morning Jennifer and I got an early start and went on a short hike. Actually we didn’t start that early, it was 8:10 when we left the trailhead but it paid off. We hiked up to Snow Lake and made it back to the car before noon. On our way out we passed over 100 people (131 to be exact) who where on their hike in. Not quite the wilderness experience that I normally look for in a hike but considering how close we were to the city it’s ok.
The Flowers are coming out.
The sky was nice.
Why is it called Snow Lake? I don’t get it.
