Belfair State Park

It was the first time taking Harvey (the RV) out camping. Although you can't really call it camping. More like staying in your mobile motel room. Or temporarily living somewhere else for a weekend. Since we're noobs we decided to stay somewhat close to home. For some reason we had never been to Belfair State Park on the Hood Canal before and luckily for us there was one reservable RV site left in the park!

One of the features of the park is the tide flats. You can see them in the background here, but the first night we just stuck to the path:

There's also a perfect creek for wading and exploring:

From tide flats and creek beds to forest:

 

It's Harvey! Andrew came in and found me tidying up a bit. He turned to Kit and told her, "We only had to pay for a motorhome to see mommy wash a dish!" This is only funny if you know my intense hatred of doing dishes. Like, all other housework is fine - even relaxing!- but I balk at cleaning even a single plate. But in the camper even a few disorderly things make it look pretty messy so I guess I'm going to have to get used to it.

 

So this is what happened when these pictures were taken:

Scene: Tide flats. I had just tried crossing a creek and went way further down into the muck than anticipated. It was terrifying and I thought I was going to go all the way to my waist holding the baby. I'm only distracted from this adrenaline rush by the intense odor now emanating from my feet.

Me: (gasping and choking) Oh. My. Gaw. This smells soooo bad! Oh-

Andrew: (snickering) Why didn't you go the way I did?

Me: (trying to breathe through mouth, acutely aware that I'm now eating microscopic flecks of this disgusting smelly ooze). Gack! I'm serious! (gag) My feet! The smell! THE SMELL.

Andrew: (now outright laughing and trying to get a good angle with the camera) You need to put this on your blog! The fashion one. This could be an ad for Teva!

Me: (choke)

And scene.

It wouldn't be camping without a campfire:

Or poking said campfire with a stick.

Can you see the dangling worm that had the girls so captivated?

Andi looks so contemplative.

Monkeys!