Camping Trip

We went camping at Trillium Lake with our NW Portland Summer Kids Club. The kids and parents had a great time. The water was even warm enough for me, Jen, the Texan, to swim in. I gave the other Moms responsibility of my 3 sons, swam out to the center of the lake and floated on my back. I considered staying in my beautiful solitude for a few hours, but decided that chaos suited me better. But the float was great!

Father and son work together to put up our shelter for the night. Unfortunately we didn't put the extra cover over the tent--I wanted to see the tops of the trees and the stars while we slept. Well, we are not in Texas anymore Toto--it is COLD in the mountains!!! I froze my toes off. The kids were warm in their -15 sleeping bags though.

Alison has a sleeper cabin in the top of her Eurovan--The kids used it as their playhouse. A funny story, well now it is a funny story: On the way home I spotted a white Eurovan on the side of the interstate with a blanket spread on the median and a woman with 2 kids sitting on the blanket having a snack and talking on the phone. I thought "hmmm, that looked like Alison, what a strange place to have a picnic." So, I got Roma to give her a call and after a series of questions Roma concluded that they were fine and were actually having a picnic in the median of a very busy interstate-at rush hour. Maybe Alison just wanted to give her kids a lesson on traffic, interesting. So, I called back just to make sure and we come to find out that they had broken down and were waiting for a tow truck. Tow trucks don't take children, so they were indeed in a pickle. Unfortunately, we could not turn around for them because of the traffic but Daddy came to save the day on the Mommy camping trip. Well, we have to make our husbands feel important some how...

Trillium Lake Scuba Team

Hot Dogs at midnight--nothing better while on a camping trip.