Camping Kirk Creek

Our family's first camping trip.

We loaded up the van (really loaded it up!) and headed out to the coast.

The campsites were mostly reserved - yikes - but we arrived early enough to snag one, albeit, close to the road, for the first night.  The sites are 100 feet or so above the sea. with a pretty jungle-like hike down to the rocky shore.

Late in the afternoon a Norwegian couple pulled into the campground looking for a site - of course there were no open sites - but we had a very large site and invited them to pitch their tent and share our campfire. 

They joined us the next day for a hike down to the shore.

I couldn't resist climbing this.
(Bella followed me. Liv didn't think it looked like such a great idea.)

Liv lighting the way...

Jeff had an encounter with an incredibly tame/bold squirrel who was (correctly) sure we had gorp.

We had the great fortune to meet an exceptionally cool family with 2 daughters Liv's & Mimi's ages - they rode bikes, colored, and played ... and their daddy put up this swing. 

"This is SO AWESOME"  - Livvy

"SO FUN!!" - Mimi

Watching sunset from inside the tent...

The zoomy girls taking a bike-break during camp break-down.

We broke down camp and headed off to a nearby SANDY beach where the kids could dig and splash.

We continued to have fabulous luck -- weather-wise -- and it was actually a very nice day at the beach! 

What cool stuff is in the bucket? 

sand crabs! wow!

running like kids at the sea!