Beermonster Camping

It was the annual Beermonster (also known as the soccer team) camping trip this weekend. Some people did more camping than others. We actually went to the campsite with tent and gear to spend the night, but opted out, due to inclement weather, cranky baby. It is such a Seattle sort of camping trip, when all the photos have people in rain jackets and fleece. They do show off my extremely awesome camping chair though. Its a recliner, very fancy. Anyway, I'm thinking that maybe next year the trip should be planned for earlier in the summer, more July-ish, or else maybe further south, say Mexico-ish, to avoid this kind of sogginess. The Borbergs get the award for being total troopers. Not only did they spend the night on Saturday night, with 3 children in tow, but one of the children is only 2 months old. They are hardcore, it is very impressive. The site was on the middle fork of the Snoqualmie River, which is really beautiful. We went on a quarter mile hike down to the river through what I can only describe as rainforest. Very lush and green and mossy and gorgeous. Maisy was delighted to be on trail again, and Benjamin was pretty tolerant of being on backpack. He was fascinated with the campfire, and kept lunging toward it. There were a couple of appealing distractions for him, one being 2 empty dog dishes, that he was very interested in standing in, and a large log, that he quite enjoyed climbing up and walking across. Caj and Amy and Cooper were also there on a day trip, and it was fun to see the boys next to each other. You would never know Benjamin is 2 months older, Cooper is getting so big! It is really going to be cool to see them grow up together. Maisy was the only one who didn't mind the weather, she was just so happy to be outside, playing with her dog pals Zeus and Athena again. We did eventually have to tie her up, when too much rowdiness went on, but I think she had a pretty good time anyway.