Moran State Park

August 30 - September 2, 2002
Moran State Park,  Orcas Island
Site #82

Who: Eric,  Dianne,  Jeff & Elsa Kemps
Weather: chilly then sunny Sunday afternoon,  poured Monday morning

Our site was very exposed with a road on 2 sides.  Best sites in the campground ates at Midwway or Mountain Lakes.

Nice area with lots of hikes and lakes.  Drove up to the top of Mt. Constitution - great view!

Don't ever go on a holiday weekend again.  We had a 3 hour wait for a return ferry.

We went hiking and Jeff fell over a small waterfall and got soaked up to his chest.  Luckily he wasn't hurt.

Eric brought a gigantic tarp and attempted to rig it up to cover the campsite.  Didn't really work unfortunately.

Colonial Creek

August 16-18, 2002
Colonial Creek Campground in the North Cascades
Site #134

Who: Eric, Dianne
Weather: gorgeous sunshine all weekend

Very beautiful area - on the shores of Diablo Lake.  Took our blow up dingy and hiked it up the trail,  blew it up and floated back down.

Get there early for a good spot.  Campground filed up quickly.  We ended up in a walk-in site, over 100 yards uphill from the car.

Staircase

August 2-4, 2002
Staircase campground in Olympic National Park,  near Lake Cushman
Site #55

Who: Eric,  Dianne and Loki
Weather: sunny until early Sunday morning when it poured.  Cleared up by morning.

Very beautiful campground right in the river which you can hear from all the sites.  Lots of nice hikes,  but you can't take dogs on the hikes so Loki had to stay in the car.

Beautiful river rapids. Eric can't wait to go fishing on the river and climb on the rocks. 

Birch Bay State Park

July 19-21, 2002
Site #53

Who: Eric, Dianne, the NSA Ambassador Sunday School class

Weather: Sunny!

The group hung out by the beach and around the campfire.  There was about 40 people at the high point of the weekend.

Eric's birthday was Friday, so they TP'd our tent.

Good campground, but the sites weren't much to talk about.  Rocky saltwater beaches, not very appealing to the eye.