Nooksack River Camping Trip

This weekend we went camping with some families from church. We were in the north cascades on this family's own private campground. His family had homesteaded it over 150 years ago from norway. They have over 100 acres of land, and turned part of it on the river into a campground.

Chillin' in the tent. Last time we camped with Rachel Abe slept really well in the pack n play. This time he was into sleeping on my mat--eventhough we still had the pack n play taking up half the tent.

The guy's aunt had 100 acres next to his family's land, and when she died it was all donated to the county to make a park. We went on a little hike through the county land.
Abe's newest way to smile is to hold open his mouth as wide as he can.
Abe had a great time trying to tag along with the big kids. There was one other boy who was his age. Abe like to hug him and call him a baby.
Abe with Duncan the dog--his new best friend.

1, 2, 3 Jump (Lake Crescent)

Abe was filling up the holes with rocks.

Dungeness spit is one of the worlds longest at 5 miles.

Lake Crescent is the 3rd largest lake in Western Washington. It's deepest point is 624 ft. Although it was in the 80's, the water was cold.

Marymere Falls

The Last time we were here, there was no Abe

Who needs them in the Picture

Leading the Hike on the Spruce Lake Trail. One of only three hikes in the Olympic National Park that allows dogs.

Log Cabin Resort

The Locke's (minus Jacob) spent a couple of days at Lake Crescent. We lucked out on the weather. It was the first weekend int the 80's. Emily, Neil & Abe stayed in a "rustic" cabin that allowed dogs. The rest of us stayed in an A frame chalet along the lake. We had a good time hiking and boating.

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Born on the 4th of July

Parade Clown ?

Friday Harbor Parade

View from the Hoff's

Neil celebrated his birthday in the traditional manner by attending the Friday Harbor 4th of July Parade. We spotted quite a few Orcas just behind Neil & Abe. You can tell where they are because all of the whale watching boats gather around to spot them for us. Ruth & I spent the night & "Rocked the Dock" with David & Dianne until the fireworks. Pictures of us dancing might have been as funny as the one with Neil & the clown nose. Fortunately we don't have any.

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The Drrty-Drrty Dash

So....it's been a while. But we're all still here kicking in Seattle. We've celebrated Father's Day, the 4th of July, my birthday, and had a friend from Alaska visit and did some camping. While Rachel was here, we did the Dirty Dash - a 10K (more like only 4 or 5 miles) on a moto-cross track in Kent. It had obstacles like jumping over walls and tires, crawling on your belly in mud while getting cold water sprayed on you, some weird structure to climb through, a slop 'n slide down about 30 feet, and a muddy lake to walk/swim through at the end. It was a lot of fun. Here are some of the pictures that we have the option of buying. Or one could just do this.

I have never been accused of looking graceful while doing athletic events. How else does one get the nickname "The Sloff"????

"Whew...time to keep moving."

Emily did well jumping over all of the walls. There were about 7 of them, and some were pretty tall.

Rachel hitting the bottom of the slop 'n slide. Imagine a big slip 'n slide down about 30 feet up with a bunch of mud at the bottom. Some guy dressed like Harry Potter went down right before us.

Emily has a smile on her face because she knows she's almost done with the race.

VICTORY!!! Finished and filthy.

If only BBC could have done the race with us. He'd appreciate this picture.