Sunday, July 13, 2008

Camping with the loons

Over the 4th of July weekend we took our family camping. Our journey took us to the Colville National Forest in northern Washington. The site we chose was Swan Lake. It was a beautiful place, right next to a lake. There were trails around the site and birds and bugs everywhere! Day one was great. It was warm and the kids had a blast. There was a family of Common Loons on the lake that were calling the whole time. We also had a Hairy Woodpecker visit our campsite, along with many chipmonks and squirrels. The kids had a rough time during the night. There was a big lightning and thunder storm with lots of rain. The next day was cold and wet and it did not warm up enough so we decided to head back to civilization. We drove back to the city of Colville and stayed in a hotel. It was fun and we got to go swimming. It was fun to go out and have fun as a family.
It got me thinking though that it would be fun to go camping with just the Lee men. It could be a tradition we could start sometime. It could be a ManLee retreat. We could go camping or hiking or do something fun by ourselves. It might be fun. Sorry I didn't get any pictures, the weather did not cooperate. You guys are great.

3 comments:

Dadlee said...

Good idea. I love the name. Maybe we can pick a place with not too many creepies and crawlies.

Unknown said...

Sounds fun to me. BYOB? Speaking of pictures, don't you have the Tamron 70-300 mm? How do you like it? You have any pics you could post that you took with it? I am in the market for one =)

Life Long Prints said...

Louisiana would be free of any creepy craw(dad)LEE.