School's Out!

Friday: School's Out for the Summer! The girls had only two hours of school today. We got the necessary pictures with their teachers and celebratory pizza for dinner.

Saturday: We took our time packing up for going camping and headed east over the Cascade mountains.

Sunday: I'm writing this while we are driving around looking for a trail to hike. We just got done having an ice cream treat in Winthrop.

Happy Father's day to Michael. He says he hates Father's day. He just doesn't care about presents. We got him a bird song book and a nice pillow anyway. Now he'll be able to identify birds by their songs and sleep better too!

We are staying at the Klipchuck campground. We had trouble setting up camp in getting the trailer in the right spot, but once it was up and our home made, I was happy as a clam. The trailer doesn't necessarily make setting up camp easier, but it makes my life while camping easier.

Later: We found a place to hike. It was a great adventure. We had to go two miles up to see some waterfalls (which was hard to convince three little girls of the value as they were tiring out after one mile), but the falls were beautiful. We were up close and personal with the top of the falls without any guard fails which freaked Tegan out. We got some good pictures then made our way two miles back. The trip was a bit much for the nap-deprived Anika, but we were very proud of the stamina of the older girls. I loved hiking with the family and hope we go again soon.

Monday: This morning we got up and took the trailer down. The girls agreed to try another hike. We went about 1.5 miles up to Cutthroat Lake. The girls liked this hike better, but probably only because over half of the distance was covered in snow! We were warm enough in shorts and tank tops because the weather was perfect.

The view at the lake is amazing. The lake is surrounded by a tall snowy mountain bowln (the pictures don't even do it justice!). Mike caught a tiny cutthroat trout in a creek flowing out of the lake.

Now we are tired bunch making our way home. I'm sure the first thing the girls will do is jump onto the pool. That's right...It's not raining! Maybe it really will be summer now that school is out.