San Juan Islands

About 3 weeks ago, we decided to squeeze in one last camping trip for the summer.  Russ got online to search for campsites and found a one-night opening in the San Juan Islands.  Pretty lucky considering the campsites are usually booked 9 months in advance.  So we packed up and took our first trip to the San Juans.  We stayed at Moran State Park on Orcas Island right on the shore of a lake that I can't remember the name of at the moment.

We were even able to squeeze the bikes into the back of the car, which ended up being a great hit despite a major crash by each of the girls:

Fire is everyone's favorite...

Especially when it means you can burn marshmallows.

Our campsite even included this cool tree that everyone took turns climbing (expect me and the baby):

Lauren was a great climber!

Ella, however, was more into entertaining us.  Right before I took this picture, Russ told Ella to climb down the rope.  She did exactly that without moving her feet down the tree.  She quickly ran out of rope:

Ella with her best camping face:

 

On our way home, we stopped at a look out tower. 

You could climb to the top, but based on Ella's expression below, you can probably guess that she and I didn't make it up.  

Russ said it looked like Rapunzel's tower, and I think Ella was afraid of meeting Mother Gothel.

I think we (or mostly my big belly) are done with camping this season.

Can't wait until next year!!