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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:30 AM

Olympic Peninsula

Mom and Dad came out for Labor Day and we took a trip with Tyla around the Olympic Peninsula. On Day 1, we started with the Edmunds-Kingston ferry. We weren’t actually sure if we should even begin the trip due to the wet weather and the even wetter forecast...
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Monday, August 31, 2009 12:30 AM

Moran State Park Camping Trip

Every year around December, we check out the Washington State Parks website and see which campgrounds are filling up. There are usually some good campsites left at those parks and we snag one for the following year. Previous trips have been to Deception...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 12:30 AM

Oregon Trail

Tyla and I spent Memorial Day weekend camping in Garibaldi, OR with her family. They headed down earlier in the week, but we didn’t leave until Saturday morning in hopes of avoiding some traffic. We met them in chilly Cannon Beach where the wind...
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008 1:30 AM

Whistler in the Summer

Mom, Dad and I spent the weekend in Whistler. I wasn't sure what to expect there in the summer, but it was a blast. The weather was a bit foggy the first day but it didn't deter us much. The second day was full of sunshine and we had some great...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:30 AM

Ocean Shores State Park

Chelsea, Tim and I headed for Ocean Shores State Park this weekend for what is likely the last camping trip of the year. We set up late on Friday night and had a quick campfire before bed. Saturday morning we walked on the beach and then spent the afternoon...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:30 AM

Deception Pass

We're back from the big camping trip, and I happily declare it a success. There were some doubts about the weather, but the worst we got were a few sprinkles here and there. Thankfully Tim bought one of those tents that goes over the picnic table...
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Friday, July 20, 2007 1:30 AM

Ben Vs. Wild

Today a plan hatched in January comes to fruition. Seven month ago, we made reservations for the oh-so-popular Deception Pass State Park campground. This place fills up faster than a Bon Jovi concert in Atlantic City. The park is located in Puget Sound...
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Monday, July 09, 2007 1:30 AM

I Conquered Gravity

On Saturday, Tim and I hiked up to the top of Tiger Mountain along the West Tiger #3 trail. I've read about it online and it's often mentioned as one of the most popular hikes in the area. Tiger is the mountain (large hill) that stares you in the face...
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Monday, July 02, 2007 1:30 AM

Penrose Point Recap

Tim, Chelsea and I headed for Penrose Point State Park on Friday. It rained most of the day but stopped before we arrived at the site. We had just enough light to set up the tents before spending the rest of the night around the campfire. Saturday was...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:30 AM

Camping Pictures

I posted a bunch of pictures from our weekend in Dosewallips State Park . I think Chelsea has some more so I may add to this in the future. But these pictures should give you a basic idea of our weekend. The picture in this post shows how we lit our fires...
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Monday, August 28, 2006 12:52 PM

Back from the Woods

Chelsea, Laura, Matt, Tim and I headed out to Dosewallips State Park on the Olympic Penninsula this weekend for some camping. The weather was perfect with highs around 80 and pure sunshine all day. We did a little camping, a little hiking, a lot of bumming...
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Monday, August 07, 2006 10:13 AM

1000 Words

TylerG (my roommate from Jersey) happens to be in Seattle this week so last night he stopped by my condo. On the way to the grocery store to pick up burger supplies, we stopped at Snoqualmie Falls. Side note: how high does that rate on the scale of awesomeness...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:13 AM

Camping Pictures

Apparently Ed didn't list the picture I put in my last post about the camping trip so he sent over some real pictures. From top to bottom are Ed and I, Christina Applegate and Kelly, our tents, and me attacking Ed with a trident. Maybe next time we'll...
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Sunday, October 09, 2005 10:18 PM

Camping Debrief

I've been known to complain about the weather forecast around here not being right. This weekend was no exception. Oh it rained just like the forecast from my last post showed... but there's no way it was 50 degrees at night. It barely made 50...
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Friday, October 07, 2005 9:20 AM

Camping

I'm no weather expert, but I think this is a bad forecast when you're looking to go camping. There's a flood watch out. I guess I'll have to really pound those stakes in so I don't float away. It's not all that bad. I mean tomorrow...
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