TIME FOR FUN WITH THE OTHER GRANDS

The plan was to meet Jenny at the ferry for an E & A transfer to begin our week long adventure with them. The glitch ended up being A’s bike “crash” that had him down for a couple of days, so we took ‘E’ and off we went. ‘A’ would be delivered to us by his Dad a few days later.

Destination: Deception Pass State Park.

Crossing over the bridge to Deception Pass State Park offers beautiful views below us.

Our friends Lizette and Shelly joined our outing and got a campsite directly next to ours. We enjoyed time with them and with the boys. We had a brief bike ride with E around the campground with some brief walks along the way.

Later we joined the ranger for a walk through this forest and learned quite a bit about the area.

Logs on the beach help build the sand dunes on land.

This tree is near 900 years old and still standing.

As we continued our hike we learned about ‘witches beard’ — the lichen hanging from the trees. We also learned about ‘ocean spray’ flowers but I didn’t get a photo.

After this walk we took our own and Shelly made the leaf people to lead us on the trail. E helps to find the leaf people.

After the hard work of leading us along the trail, the leaf people take a rest.

Finally we were happy to have E join us for the next couple of days. Time at the beach was a hit for everyone. 

They built there sand castle with a moat and viewing bench with Stella overseeing the work.



Much of the time for the boys was spent playing and enjoying the neighboring campers with three kids who were happy to have them join them on any and also activities. We did get them both to play a game in the screen tent with us. A dice game we learned for friends Elaine and John called Canadian Yahtzee. At least that is what they call it.

On our last day at camp E & A became Junior Rangers. They had done all the required activities and had completed their work books.

E makes his pledge…

A makes his pledge…

And they become full fledged Junior Rangers with their official badges.

All too soon it seemed, our outing had come to its end and we were saying our goodbyes to neighbor kids and Lizette & Shelly. A great weekend with fantastic weather. Until next time.

Returning home, the boys would spend the night at our house before returning them to their rightful owners. Katmandu loved having the boys brush him while he sun bathed ;’-).