School Photo!

I wish my school photos looked as good!

Gold Basin, Ice Caves and Independence Lake

Two days after our unsuccessful trip to the ocean, we headed out again for another camping trip. This time, we wanted to be safe, so we went East to the Mountain Loop. We revisited Gold Basin but tried some new hikes. We saw the biggest glacier in the US then hiked to a near-by lake. It was a long and exhausting day. But the hike to the lake was worth the trouble. Sophie made two new friends - Sabine and Thomas. They were hiding in the bushes together, and Sophie's new friends shared some wild blueberries with her. It was really cute!

Glacier

Ice ice baby!

Walking on thin ice

Ice cave

It's ice!

"I'm cold. I want to go home."

Hiking to the lake

Independence Lake

It's cold!

Mora Campground and Rialto Beach

Since our trip to the Olympic National Park was a success, we went camping again a week later. We went all the way to the ocean this time. But it was a disaster. On our second day, a storm hit us hard. We packed up and drove for 5 hours to 3 different campgrounds, but the storm followed us. It actually followed us home to Seattle. 

Fish-bone trees

Rialto Beach

Hole-in-the wall in the distance

Walking on tree

Rocks

Staring contest

Campsite

Burgers for diner

Marshmallow

Yummy!

Storm!

Jade Garden

Vân wanted seafood as soon as we got home from the Dungeness Spit. We went to Jade Garden for Dim Sum the next morning. We did not get any crab, but we had plenty of shrimp. Sophie had her egg rolls and nothing else.

Egg roll

Yummy food!

More egg rolls please!

Tea eh?

Dungeness Spit

The Dungeness Spit was the last stop on our 2-day long camping trip. I had always wanted to visit this place because of its name. No, it was not full of saliva of Dungeness crab. It was a sand spit jutting out into the ocean. It was quite beautiful.

The sand spit

Sophie's dinosaur

"Dinosaur"

Making art on the beach

It's a hula dancer!