kids had sleeping bags and mats, the older generation( we know who we are) slept in the comfort of the Coleman queen air mattress and cotton sheets, complete with down pillows and a thick quilt.
The forecast called for the nights to be about 50 degrees. I thought not bad we should be fine. The first night i apparently decided to generate heat by shivering all night long. I nestled into my husband to steal what warmth he had to offer, and in the process we both froze. The second night I stole a pair of his socks, that was somewhat better but we still froze. So the third day of our trip we decided to head into Friday harbor to purchase some sweats for us both to sleep in. This became a mission, we are not made of money and the thought of spending 60 plus dollars on a pair of designer lounge wear pants was not happening, and that was just for me, that town had nothing for my husband. So our search took us to Ace hardware, they didn't have what we were looking for but a friendly staffer showed us the way to the local, and only thrift store. We hit the sweats jackpot. For a mere $14.01 we got two bottoms and sweat shirts. That made for warm nights the rest of the trip.
We were greeted every morning with the view from our campsite. So tranquil
Of course our days were filled with all sorts of fun activities. We rode our bikes into Roche harbor and hiked up to afterglow.
The kids got lost in the countless tide pools
And no trip to the San Jaun's is complete without visiting Pelindaba lavender farm
Gavin getting lost in lavender....how yummy
Everyday was spent exploring the wonders of nature
If the goal of all this "go go go" was to make everyone famished...then I achieved my goal. Our camp kitchen churned out some all time morning favorites, pancakes, sausage, bacon, eggs, vegetarian biscuits and sausage gravy, cinnamon rolls and freshly grated hash browns. Our dinners where anything but camp like, Roast paprika chicken and Spanish rice, Vegetarian chili and cornbread, Vegetarian lasagna and fresh garlic bread. I only wish I would have taken pictures of these dutch oven meals. No day would be complete without dessert, Smores are the quintessential campfire treat, we made campfire apple and peach crisps, cherry cobbler, fruit pies in our pie iron, and treated ourselves to an occasional ice cream at the camp store.
What did 10 days with no electronics and no cell service taught me about my family. Yes we can survive without our cells and that my 27 month old's favorite television show( I didn't know he had one) is Callou.
