With summer coming to an end, we decided to load the kids and gear into the motorhome for one last trip before school started. We found a few great camping sites, but settled in at the KOA campgrounds. The older kids quickly located where the arcade games were along with the candy store. I went into action preventing others from finding such treasures while distracting with walks and making new friends at the playground.
I played a mean game of horseshoes with Addi while Charlie pedaled himself to exhaustion around the sites. He was so proud of himself as he paid with all his own money to sweat and gain tired legs.
There was a decent swimming pool that both Charlie and Myriam enjoyed for sometime and of course afternoon snacks of hot chocolate and Oreos.
We only had one mishap when Charlie took a corner too fast on gravel, swerved to the side in order to miss a truck and came face to face with a terrifying golf cart that nearly ran the boy over. The little man was held down as staff made sure he had no broken bones then was given a ride back to our site where he saved all the brave tears for his mama once inside. Poor man had road rash from head to toe on one side with Mom scrubbing to get all the gravel and dirt out before smothering him in Neosporin.
It was such a sweet little get away with our family.
On our last day away, we hiked down to Dungeness Spit and explored the beach for a couple hours. Charlie and Addi quickly made way with building a drift wood fort while Myriam took all but a few minutes to find the water and jump the waves. Baylee and Daddy were busy playing with sand and occasionally pretending to nap on the awesome tree stump we made ours while beach side. I was unsuccessful in getting everyone on board to walk the entire length of the spit and with a broken toe, I was okay to sit and savor the moments of a beautiful morning.
Our final stop on the way home was the Olympic Game Farm. I had great memories from this place as a child and was excited to take the kids here. With two loaves of wheat bread ready to go, we took to the driving tour with immediate sightings of wolves and bears. The zebras were behind the fence, but the yaks met us willing to eat. The brown bears waved and one had the decency to walk towards us, turn around, pass gas then poop right in front of the kids. Awesome. We all had a good laugh at that one! The bison were super intimidating with their bad breath, grayish black tongues and noses larger than my fist. The kids thought those were the coolest. After a walk through the aquarium and a few replies (gross) it was time to catch our ferry home.
We love simple camping. We do okay in silence. We love card games and camping snacks. Staring into the fire and engaging into deep conversations with the kids is something we treasure. Molding our hands around a hot cup of coffee early in the morning comes desired as littles stay sleeping inside. We may have come home reeking like campfire, but it was well earned and enjoyed.
Thanks kiddos for yet another amazing camping trip.
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