Camping Salmon la Sac

The fam joined Brett, Kate and Trevi camping in Salmon la Sac, right outside of Cle Elum a couple of weeks ago. We went for 2 nights, just to get a taste of camping with a baby. Turns out, it’s not that bad. She didn’t nap well at all, but she slept pretty well at night, so we had a relatively happy child throughout the trip.

First things first, get dirty:

Second, say hi to Trevi.

Or make Trevi cry. Sometimes Brielle’s a little too much for Trevi, and Trev gets a little upset. But usually after a bit, they become good friends again. See, here they are lounging in their Adirondack chairs; well Trevi’s lounging, Bri’s not too sure.

For all the grief Brielle puts Trevi through, sometimes Trevi gets her back. Here’s Bri not too sure about Trevi coming over to her chair. Get her Trevi!

Morning around the camp fire with Daddy. Steve loved the mornings because Brielle would just sit calmly with him for a long time. Not something she does much of these days, she’s usually all over the place. But I think like bees, the smoke had a soothing effect on her.

The dad’s got the job of carrying the kiddos for our afternoon hike up river. Brielle and Trevi enjoyed talking to each other while riding on their dad’s backs. Pretty cute.

Here’s the river we forded. You can see Steve and Bri, Brett and Trevi and Kate through the trees.

Notice I’m already on dry land. I found a quicker route. (Later I found a deeper route, where I fell face first in the water. No worries, by falling face first, the backpack and all the items inside stayed dry.)

Steve (and Bri) made it.

Turns out it hard to get a group picture with all six of us. Sorry Trevi and Bri.

Here’s a shot of the inside of our tent castle, and me changing Bri’s diaper.

Oh wait, what’s that in the foreground of the picture… oops. I believe the conversation between Steve and I went something like this:

Steve: (after I just took off her poopy diaper and cleaned her up) Why don’t you leave the diaper off for a bit and let her air out.

Val: Good idea, I mean she just pooped so we should be safe

(Brielle starts on her second poop of the day)

Steve: Val, Val, put the diaper on, put the diaper on!!!

Val: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Too late:

The tent is officially broken in.

Here’s Brielle playing on the rocks. Oh, and eating dinner, so again, we have a dirty mouth. It’s like we never clean this kid.

But our dishes are clean; thanks dads.

Man make fire

Man make woman cough

So our first camping trip was a success. We didn’t get eaten by any bears (considering there weren’t any around, it would have been impressive if we had). I don’t think any of us got bit by bugs (but with all that smoke from the campfire, did you really expect any bugs around?). Our three room tent castle and queen inflatable raised up air mattress with headboard worked really well. Bri taught us to always put a diaper on her no matter how clever her parents think they are, she is always more clever.