Camping Trip to Nile, Washington

We went over to Walt's hunting spot and 'dry' camped for 

4 days so he and his fellow hunters could fix a bridge

and clear some brush on the trails

 We started out in cloudy weather, yes July 11th and still cloudy

 You don't have to wonder why this is called 'The

Evergreen State'

 Then going up Chinook Pass we drove right into those clouds

 Still had snow on the ground

 The temp was in the low 40's

 and on the other side of the pass it was clearing off

 Off and on clouds but in the high 60's and low 70's in camp

Chuck and Diane's trailer on the far right, then ours

 and Don and Mickie next to us and Tom and Sherry on the left

 Campfire between Don and Tom's RVs

 Notice we could have a fire in July?  They must have had

some rain over there this Spring

 The evening passtime after a hard day in the woods

 Pretty surroundings  with Chuck in the foreground 

 On the way home it was beautiful

 Can't beat pictures with blue sky

 Mt. Rainier from Chinook Pass

 and those green trees in the sun

 Mt. Rainier was covered with clouds from sea level near Buckley

but in Puyallup it was uncovered (right of the lamp post)

We had a nice relaxing time with family!!

Walt's Dad's 92nd Birthday

Walt's Dad turns 92.  We celebrated by having a picnic at

Don and Mickie's house

 Of course the Mariner's were playing

 Good Food

Good company 

 Dad's great-grand kids--Ally, Colby, and Cody

 Dad's the only one left watching the game

Kansas City won  :o(

 Birthday Boy

Oysters cooking

Happy Birthday, Dad!!

Making of the Tent

After helping to put up the new swing set I had this 

brainstorm of an idea to make a tent to go under the

slide platform 

So I worked on the plan for a while and then got started 

 After looking all over town for a double pull zipper so it

could be opened from the inside as well as the outside

I ended up buying one online

 Marked off the window area with the little white dot pin heads

 Cut the window in an 'X' 

 so I could fold them over to the front side

 and cover them with the screen then window trim so there 

were no raw edges inside the tent to unravel over time

 One window done, two to go!

 The zipper is going under the slide only because Ellie 

thought that was a good way to go under the slide

 Every window needs a curtain

 and an easy way to keep it open 

 Loops to put tent stakes thru to anchor it under the slide

so they could unzip the tent easier

and ties to go around the 4x4s 

Worked pretty well.  Might need a couple staples above the 

zipper so it's easier to zip closed too, but

it should be fun to play with for a while