Thursday, September 22, 2005

Swamp Lake

Swamp Lake, WA
Family Camping Trip
Sep. 10-22, 2005

Time for our annual rainy family camping trip. We tried hard to find a desination that would offer good views, possibility of dry weather, and fishing. That's not an easy task, especially with a bad weather forecast. We settled on Swamp Lake, a remote area to the east of Mt Rainier. It turns out it stayed pretty dry and the lake was supposedly stocked with fish, but we didn't get any views and we didn't catch any fish. But as usual it was a pleasant and relaxing weekend and lots of fun spending time in the great outdoors with my family.
Swamp Lake

Saturday, September 3, 2005

Cannon Beach

Cannon Beach, OR
Sep. 3, 2005

After visiting my dad in Portland for his birthday, Kirsten and I headed to the coast to join up with a gaggle of people there to do some surfing. We spent the afternoon Saturday checking out different places on the 7 mile stretch between Arch Cape and Cannon Beach, including Hug Point and Haystock Rock. Growing up, we vacationed almost every summer at my dad's aunt's beach house in Arch Cape, so this area is quite special to me. We spent all day Sunday surfing (for Kirsten and I, it was our first time), but I have no pictures of that.
Cannon Beach