the great camping trip

of 2010! We have had 'take the kids camping' on our to do list for a very long time. Everything lined up for this past week end. All the ocean front State Parks were reserved but I found a first come first serve park on Camano Island. We left Friday morning right after swimming lessons and got one of the three spots left. From our camp site we had peek a boo water views and just the right amount of sun. We headed down to the beach after setting up camp (that is a lot of work). The kids searched for crabs and built a driftwood fort. I love how kids are completely entertained in the outdoors and we didn't hear an 'I'm bored' all week end. We also found out there was a State Park right next door that had kids activities the next day. Cama Beach State Park was really cool. It has recently been re done but it was originally a private cabin resort from the 1930's. The kids built wooden toy boats and decorated t shirts. We saw so much wildlife on the week end but the highlight was a jelly fish on the beach. I'm sure the jokester in the campground would have thought his giant remote control rat was the highlight though. Camping with kids turned out better than expected but we really think we are more of a hotel kind of family.