Short and Sweet Camping Trip

I recently felt a sudden need to show Susanna the stars and tried to throw together a short backpacking trip. But I didn't give Scott enough notice to arrange his experiments such that he could accompany us, so we found a pretty little nook in the Skykomish National Forest right by Skykomish spent a night there, right by our little car.

As you can see from the little photographs on the right, we didn't have a very open site, but there was a little chink of sky on one side, so we could, after all, show Susanna the stars.

We also tried to light a campfire (Scott has forbade me from going into any detail about that on our blog, so I'll leave it at that).

While Scott was tending our marvelous fire and I was washing dishes, Susanna found the chocolate, and was eating her way through our smore supplies. Scott, ever quick, snapped this photo of her.

The next day, we went for a hike to nearby Barclay Lake.

In these photographs on the left, Susanna is reading the trailhead sign to us.

The photograph to the right captures essential Susanna-- singing and jabbering away constantly.

It was such a joy to experience Susanna's happiness and exuberance! (even though it meant getting no sleep that night) She squealed and did somersaults in the tent, she enthusiastically pointed out the ferns, waterfalls, dogs, and everything else she was saw on our hike, and she counted the stars.