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.)
(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!
