Our first... and last ... evening at Brooking.
Stark LOVES camping and the beach. This trip was just as much for him as it was for us.
We had foil dinners on the first night, so good. You may notice the "cocoa" pot, my favorite camping supply.
So lots of long stories short: we got rained out of our Brookings campsite. We new it was going to rain but didn't quite expect this. It was great, it added to the fun memories and we explored a lot more because of it.
One of the days it was rainy and stormy. I was thinking our trip was ruined, Chris was thinking this was the perfect day.... to fly a kite of course. Chris had a lot of fun learning to fly his new kite and loved every windy moment. We have even flown it on a few evenings here at the park.
We moved on and camped along the Smith river about 15 miles inland. We had lots of trees, dry weather, and lots of room for Stark to run around but we still didn't want to miss out on our planned activites. We drove back to the coast and had a fun day at the aquariem and the Trees of Mystery.
While everyone else was surfing I found these guys. 
Oh yeah. Back the the aquariem. Chris pet a shark, but never really would take his eye off it. 
And she was there too, at the family friendly aquariem. On to the Trees of Mystery. 
We stopped at this beach along hwy 101 then went back for lunch later. 
This one's for you Juliana. Chris wasn't wild about the idea of eatting random weeds from the forest but Nic and Ali liked them.
Smith River
It was a great trip.
Oh, this makes me MISS the beach. It looks like a really fun idea, camping on the beach and all. I was about to comment on your selection of sites when you mentioned you were rained out. :)
ReplyDeleteClouds, rain. . . Sigh. What I wouldn't do for some of that weather!
We had such a great time! :) Brings back so many fun memories!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a super fun place to camp! Except for the getting "flooded" out part - that was a lot of water!
ReplyDeleteWe are so close to Prairie Creek. I can't wait to plan a big family trip.
ReplyDeleteSo so fun! I love camping, we should me somewhere and go together. It has been awhile since I have checked your blog but I have a solution to your candy problem, come to my house for halloween and I will let you borrow one of my kids to trick or treat with. Great plan. COme and visit us!
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