Camping Excursion

What is camping without this?

We went camping at Mt. Rainier with several friends and co-workers. We had the majority of the camping loop locked up. Two nights and days at the campground. We broke out the new tent (HUGE!!) and packed what seemed like half the house. The site that was supposed to be ours had a tent pad that was too small for our new tent, so we put ours up in the group area. That made our site the group site, which actually worked out very well and was quite enjoyable.



I planned to ride from the campground to Sunrise Saturday morning... but I forgot about Cayuse Pass... So I rode from the campground to the east entrance of the Park where I waited for my ride. Not what I'd originally planned, but I still got in 23 miles of riding, most all of it uphill, a real grinder.

Elysa enjoyed the camp immensely and was dirty most of the time.



I totally lost any outdoor cred I might have had. As I was pumping up the football field sized air mattress for Tina, in the bathrooms where there was 110, another guy had to wait to get in the door. He was patient... and in sheer awe of the size of the thing. I could say "I'm sleeping on the ground on a Therm-a-rest" all I wanted...his smirk said it all. For what it's worth, I did sleep in a bag, on a Thermarest! Really!