Joe & Kim Frey's

June 30 - July 4, 2006
Joe & Kim Frey's house, Twisp

We went to Twisp to visit the Frey's - Mike and Bettilynn Clingmans joined us as Kim is Bettilynn's best friend.  They Frey's have 12 aces, so there was plenty of room to tuck our trailer inbetween the house and the shop.

Eric spent much of the trip trying to fix things on the trailer.  For every leak he fixed in teh water pipes, he found a new one further down the lines. He finally jury-rigged it together so it would work for this trip at least.  We never got the hot water working.  (Turns out both of us were trying to light it in the same, wrong, place!) Eric also tried fixing the drawer slides, but wasn't able to install them properly either.  Maybe by our next trip everything will work.

The weather was hot - upper 90's.  Luckily it cools off at night and we actually had to use the heater.

We spent our days playing at Pearrygin Lake State Park and the local pool - which had a great toddler area. 

Joshua also had a great time exploring the Frey's property - chasing chickens, jumping on the trampoline and playing with their toy dump truck.

There are free-range cows in the area and one day about 30-40 of them were grazing out back.

Monday night, there was a thunder and lightning storm.  It was raining so hard for awhile it was actually raining sideways.  Joshua was scared at first by the noise, but got over it and slept through the worst of it.

Deception Pass State Park

June 16-18, 2006
Site #43

Who: Eric, Dianne, Joshua, Nora - her 1st trip at 2 months old!

This was our first trip in our "new" 2000 Coleman tent trailer.  The trip was put together hastily as friends had a reservation they couldn't use.

We got a late start, but made good time and got set-up before dark.  Unfortunately, the water hoses leaked when Eric attached the water, so we couldn't use the water in the sink or try out the water heater.  The heater and the fridge worked great though.

We haven't bought a battery yet and somewhere on the trip lost the box that holds the battery.  Weird.

This trailer also has a port potti which is awesome.  No more walking to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

Both kids did great.  Joshua loved playing with his dump truck and tractor, both at the beach and at the campsite.  We took Nora's swing which helped out too.

The weather was perfect.  Not too hot, or cold.

We took a long walk on Saturday night and came back on a trail.  It's a good thing we had the jogging stroller since any other stroller would have gotten stuck. (Eric loves the new stroller by the way.)

The campsite was nice and big with a pull-through.  Fairly secluded too which was nice when the kids were crying.

A great campground.  Would go again as there are many more trails to explore and swimming in the summer.

Wenatchee Confluence State Park

August 12-14, 2005

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

Coleman Tent Trailer

We sold our first tent trailer and hadn't really decided what to do next.  We found this one and knew it was right.

It's a 2000 Coleman.  It's about the same size as our old one, but has a refrigerator, heater and hot water tank.  And, a porta potty.

Dash Point State Park

July 22-24, 2005
Dash Point State Park, Federal Way, Site #37 & 39

Who: Eric, Dianne, Joshua, Elsa, Nora, Peps Group

Park is really nice even though basicallky in downtown Federal Way.  Beach is a short walk away.  Most sites are large and fairly well spaced.  Our 2 sites together made for a very big, rather private area - very nice.

All 4 babies did great - played well together in they play yard and napped and slept well.  Joshua took a 3-1/2 hour nap on Saturday!

Friday morning was raining, but by the time we left for camping, it was nice and sunny. Warm all weekend - would have been hot without all the trees. 

We had sold our tent trailer, so we were borrowing the Novion's 1992 trailer they had just bought.  They didn't have the adapter to connect to the power, so Eric had to wire together a plug ad extension cord to make it work.  It also took awhile to get the water to work and to keep the sink and water tank from leaking.  (We had thought they had gotten a great deal, but we were quickly realizing it may not have been so good after all.  Now we know better what to look for in our next one. )

Staircase

June 10-12, 2005
Site #18 & 20

Who: Eric, Dianne, Joshua, Dan & Holly Allin, Jeff, Elsa & Nora Kemps, and Eric, Amanda & Adriana (Kemps friends)

Weather was great - a few sprinkles on Friday, but nice on Saturday and Sunday.  Nicer than back home!

We got great sites along the river.  Spacious and pretty.  We hiked up the rapids on Saturday afternoon.
All 3 babies were very well behaved and seemed to have a good time.

We took the ferry over, but as it cost us $53 for the car/trailer, we drove around on the way back.  Driving around took the same amount of time as the ferry route - 2-1/2 hours.

 

Rasar State Park

August 27-29, 2004
Rasar State Park, North Cascades, Site #12&13

Who: Eric, Dianne, Joshua, Lydia Katzel

Weather: Rainy!  It rained all day on Saturday.

Sites are nice and large.  Pull-through sites are quite huge. Great privacy. Nice looking playground. Park has several miles of trails that would be nice to explore in better weather.