Labor Day weekend.....

Since we had not been camping all summer, we thought we
would go over Labor Day weekend. Our kids have been
begging us to go, so we thought we better go
while the weather is still nice, and we have a few days. We
headed up to Cascade with a reservation to a campsite, that
we had never heard of.....now we know why.....it was horrible.
One campsite after another, no trees, only grass. We
decided to drive around and look for a better place (even though we already
paid....non-refundable) Well, it was SO worth it. We found this
great campsite just towards Tamarack. We loved
it . It wasn't too busy and it was right
next to the lake. No neighbors, and lots of trees. GREAT!

We hiked around and first thing found this great swing with two
handles, hanging off this tree that looks
like it's falling down. We knew we had to come back
to this the next day, in our swimsuits.

Taking a break on our hike.

One of my kids' favorite things to do is explore the woods
around our campsite......especially in the dark
with flashlights.

Our friends, the Bartletts, ended up coming up. They had
their own place to stay, but hung out with
us a lot of the time. We loved that, especially
since they have kids about the same age of our kids.
Smores.......always fun.

Me and my hubby. Promise he is happy, he just
doesn't always look like it. :)

The hammock is always a favorite. Our kids couldn't
get enough of it. This was Cody's first time in it.

I loved this. It looked like a sea monster coming out of the
water.

Some friends let us borrow their canoe. Our kids loved
swimming out to it....and getting rides.

Our daughter was a little unsure of the swing. Look at
that face. LOL

Isn't that swing so cool? Look how you can climb up and
swing down....if you wanted. Our kids spent
hours at this swing. A couple of
the kids got blisters that popped open, from swinging so much.

We have not been camping very much, since Cody was born, so he
doesn't really remember going, so he was
so happy going this weekend. If you ask him what his favorite part
about camping, he would tell you, "going to bed". LOL He
loved sleeping next to me in the pop-up trailer.
Love that kid!

Happy kids. That's all we could ask for......