In addition to all the other fun that Kaitlyn and I had while she was up in Seattle, we were also able to get away for a weekend for a girl's trip. We headed out on Friday evening and drove up to Bellingham and camped at Larrabee State Park along Puget Sound.
The park is beautiful and the spot that we were able to get was a walk in site, so we were smooched in between a bunch of trailers. I haven't been camping in years and years and it was AWESOME! I really loved it. We set up our tent, made a fire, roasted hotdogs, ate baked beans, and made smores. It was classically wonderful. We did forget some critical things like...the hot dog buns...that was disappointing. We also forgot the can opener, so Kaitlyn used the foil cutter on the wine opener to destroy the top of the bean can so that we could enjoy our nasty baked beans. We stayed up well into the morning talking and enjoying the quite night air. Oh man, just writing about it makes me want to go back and do it again. I just love being outside so much. Sleeping in the tent was great though I did think that there was a bear outside waiting to eat up. Instead it was a raccoon eating our marshmallows...simple mistake. We survived.
The next morning we packed up the campsite and headed north to Whistler. Pat and I had just been to Whistler the weekend before, so I was excited for Kaitlyn to experience it too. The drive up the Sea to Sky highway is amazing. It is just what is sounds like, a road that takes you from sea level just north of Vancouver, BC up into the mountains. The day was clear and you could see all of the mountain peaks. When we got up to Whistler, we headed out to the mountain biking trails and biked around for a bit. We did the non-lift version of mountain biking this time around which didn't require renting a bike or paying for a lift ticket. It was a lot of fun and a lot of work having to power up the hills on our own. Kaitlyn did awesome on the trails and we were definitely worn out by the end.
After biking, we headed back to the hotel room and had a luxury meal of microwave mac & cheese and spinach lasagna purchased earlier at the local grocery store...tasty! We spent our cash on Albino Rhino beer later in the evening and watched the Whistler craziness unfold.
and took a picture by the Olympic rings...
The next morning, we went out for crepes and cinnamon rolls at the greatest breakfast spot, Hot Buns and walked around the village for a bit before heading home. We stopped at a few spots on the way down the Sea to Sky highway to take pictures of the mountains.
It was a great trip. Can't wait for our next one! Props to Pat for watching the little lady while we were gone!
The park is beautiful and the spot that we were able to get was a walk in site, so we were smooched in between a bunch of trailers. I haven't been camping in years and years and it was AWESOME! I really loved it. We set up our tent, made a fire, roasted hotdogs, ate baked beans, and made smores. It was classically wonderful. We did forget some critical things like...the hot dog buns...that was disappointing. We also forgot the can opener, so Kaitlyn used the foil cutter on the wine opener to destroy the top of the bean can so that we could enjoy our nasty baked beans. We stayed up well into the morning talking and enjoying the quite night air. Oh man, just writing about it makes me want to go back and do it again. I just love being outside so much. Sleeping in the tent was great though I did think that there was a bear outside waiting to eat up. Instead it was a raccoon eating our marshmallows...simple mistake. We survived.
The next morning we packed up the campsite and headed north to Whistler. Pat and I had just been to Whistler the weekend before, so I was excited for Kaitlyn to experience it too. The drive up the Sea to Sky highway is amazing. It is just what is sounds like, a road that takes you from sea level just north of Vancouver, BC up into the mountains. The day was clear and you could see all of the mountain peaks. When we got up to Whistler, we headed out to the mountain biking trails and biked around for a bit. We did the non-lift version of mountain biking this time around which didn't require renting a bike or paying for a lift ticket. It was a lot of fun and a lot of work having to power up the hills on our own. Kaitlyn did awesome on the trails and we were definitely worn out by the end.
After biking, we headed back to the hotel room and had a luxury meal of microwave mac & cheese and spinach lasagna purchased earlier at the local grocery store...tasty! We spent our cash on Albino Rhino beer later in the evening and watched the Whistler craziness unfold.
and took a picture by the Olympic rings...
The next morning, we went out for crepes and cinnamon rolls at the greatest breakfast spot, Hot Buns and walked around the village for a bit before heading home. We stopped at a few spots on the way down the Sea to Sky highway to take pictures of the mountains.
It was a great trip. Can't wait for our next one! Props to Pat for watching the little lady while we were gone!
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