September 3, 2021: Driving up to Mt Rainer National Forrest to camp overnight at Ohanapecosh Campground. Originally we had planned to drive to Idaho and stay with my cousin Katrina and her family during Labor Day weekend. We had planned to see Yellowstone while we were there, but then Josh checked the local weather cameras and saw that it was so smoky there due to the wild fires. When we had so much smoke here, we had really bad air quality and down in Idaho right now their air quality is even worse. Josh just didn't want to see Yellowstone that way and be stuck in all that smoke, so we ended up cancelling our trip to Idaho and will have to go another time.
The views along our drive were beautiful.
When we arrived, Josh checked in first thing with the Ranger and we lucked out with the last first come first serve camping spot on Labor Day Weekend, so that was amazing! Most of the time our camping consisted of overnight stays in our trailer, which is kept stocked with all the supplies we need. This time our camping plan was for Josh and I to sleep on a memory foam mattress in the back of the truck canopy, for Paxton and Tux to sleep in the back seat and for Versii and Kaden to sleep in a tent. We did well packing the food we'd need, but we totally forgot to pack camp chairs, lanterns and games. So hanging out in camp was not as great as it could have been. Sitting at the picnic table definitely does not compare to a good camping chair. We all took a walk around the campground. It's a nice campground filled with massively tall old growth trees.
Getting these three to pose for a nice photo can be quite the feat. They are almost always clowning around and trying to be silly.
I caught this Blue Jay sneaking into camp and stealing away dog food from Tux.
Tux stays super close when you're eating. He never wants to miss out on a thing or a crumb.
It's been so dry here in Washington, that they have a burn ban currently in effect. So Josh packed his little camp burner to cook with.
Kaden holding the new knife he bought at the market in town.
The beautiful Crystalline Ohanapecosh River.
Visiting the amphitheater, where they removed all the benches for some reason. So they boys decided they all needed to pose on the stumps.
I think this is the nicest stage I've ever seen at a National Park campground.
The river at dusk.
Entertaining ourselves with the camera, photographing light in the darkness.
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Versii ended up commandeering the hammock from Paxton and sleeping in it all night, while Kaden slept in the tent, Pax and Tux in the back seat, then Josh and I in the bed of the truck. It was a rough night for me, and a little for Josh too. He said that I took up most of the bed haha, which I laughed about and said "Welcome to my world". Most nights Josh ends up taking up two-thirds of our bed at home. But for me, the mattress seemed like it would be comfortable at first, but I forgot to bring half the pillows I usually sleep with and after laying there for a bit, it just was too hard for my back. By the time I got up in the morning my back and my neck were so sore. But aside from the terrible nights sleep, waking up in pain, and the supplies we wished we'd brought, we managed to have a good time together as a family enjoying the beauty of nature.
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