Camping at Trillium Lake

Our camping trip was wonderful!

We arrived Monday. Since we spent the night before in Portland we were at the lake by about 10am. We had planned to poke around and have a sleepy, slow morning, but Jack would have none of that! He wanted to go camping! So, we got there very early, but luckily the campers in one of the spots had already cleared out so we were able to set up camp, drive in to town for firewood and such, and then hang out "at the beach," as Jack calls it. I guess any place with dirt/sand shore and water is the beach. I kept telling him all week that it was "the lake," but it never really sank in.

Kami and Jason and girls arrived about 6pm in time for dinner. Monday night was very cold overnight and we all had to switch into warm clothes when the sun went down, but the weather was warm for most of the week.

Then, we spent Tuesday and Wednesday just hanging around at the lake with the canoe, some fishing poles, and lots of toys.  Wednesday was colder all day and not a good water day until about 3:30 when the sun suddenly came out and everything warmed up quickly. We did the 2 mile hike around the lake together, which was lovely. Even Jack walked the whole way, although he did complain a little bit about it taking "forever" toward the end.

On Thursday, we went to Hood River and round the Hood River train. It was hot walking around in Riverdale, but it was a fun experience, and Jack always likes trains.

We also had lots of good food to eat. Kami is quite adept at dutch oven cooking, even making dessert. My contributions ran more toward hotdogs and marshmallows on a stick, but everything was really good.

Jack had a great time playing with his cousins "Lyssa" and "Kay-lynn." The girls were very patient with his little boy desire to play constantly. Do you want to play with me?

He especially enjoyed engineering rivers (pouring buckets of water down the shore and making tunnels) and building bridges and roads out of sticks and firewood. He had no problem sitting right down in the dirt and was covered most of the weekend!

Mount Hood was quite gorgeous, and the campsites were pretty, large, and surrounded by tall trees. I'd go back again.

Then, Friday we drove home and I repacked and headed out to Philadelphia. I'll start posting about that tomorrow...