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Activity: Strolling, practicing trail-walking Location: Washington State Arboretum, south end Date: August 13th, 2018 A walk with Cousin Caitie! We walked down to the arboretum, and both kids did great in the backpack even though there was pretty heavy traffic on E Madison. We got there, and hung out in the area with rock stairsContinue reading “The Arboretum with Cousin Caitie”

Activity: Short stroll Location: Plum Tree Park, Seattle, WA Date: 8/7/18 Went to IKEA this morning with the kids’ Tio Jamie, then got home and took them for a short walk. It was pretty warm, so we stayed in the shade and only hung out for a short while. We were originally going to goContinue reading “Plum Tree Park #1”

Activity: Hiking Location: Cougar Mountain, Issaquah, Washington, USA Date: July 24th, 2018 This time we got to bring Tio Jamie to Cougar Mountain with us (but we didn’t manage to get a picture of him!) We explored some different trails this time, and found a creepy tunnel that had been sealed off (and was tooContinue reading “Cougar Mountain with Tio Jamie”

Activity: Camping Location: Olympic National Forest, 1.5 hours out of Montesano, ‘Lorien Outskirts” Date: July 10th-11th, 2018 A camping trip with the kids’ Tio Jamie! It’s summer, so I set up a mosquito-proof seating area (turns out I was missing the mosquito netting ‘ring’, so it was assembled…creatively). Day one featured lots of overcast, completeContinue reading “Attack of the Killer Deer Flies”

Activity: Hiking Location: Cougar Mountain, Issaquah, Washington Date: June 25th, 2018 A quick hike with Auntie Amanda and Cousin Maggie! We found a really exciting area that is all large rocks, so we got to do some bouldering! Leeloo tried to jump up high onto a boulder that I TOLD her she wasn’t going toContinue reading “Return to Cougar Mountain”

Activity: Camping Location: Olympic National Forest, 1.5 hours out of Montesano, ‘Lorien Outskirts” Date: June 18th – 19th, 2018 Feeling a bit lazy, we returned on a last minute camping trip. It’s such a nice location! I woke up with a Sieh in my hair! This time things had really heated up! It’s definitely summerContinue reading “Return to Lorien Outskirts”

Activity: Hiking Location: Cougar Mountain, Issaquah, Washington Date: June 11th, 2018 Leeloo and Sieh’s first hiking expedition, featuring their Auntie Amanda and Cousin Maggie! We wanted to hit up someplace close, so we went to Cougar Mountain. It has lots of very level, crisscrossing trails, so you can just wander for hours. Leeloo is aContinue reading “Leeloo and Sieh’s First Hike!”

Activity: Camping Location: Olympic National Forest, 1.5 hours out of Montesano, ‘Lorien Outskirts” Date: June 1st – 4th, 2018 Leeloo and Sieh’s inaugural camping trip, and my first time at this location! We arrived early enough Sunday evening to get completely set up before it got dark, which rocked! Usually we roll in just inContinue reading “Leeloo and Sieh’s First Camping Trip!”