We went to Taidnapam Tacoma Power Park from Maryhill, we were at Maryhill for 4 nights and stayed at Taidnapam for 3. I think this may well be my favorite campground now. It FEELS good. It has the tall trees around you just like along the west coast but it's WARM. It was around 80 when we got there and it was nice until we were leaving. It was sprinkling and a little cooler when we packed up to come home. But look at it! Isn't is wonderful!
This was Carson's favorite thing to do. Anytime you put him down he would crawl for the stairs, climb up and then just hang out! He didn't want you to touch him, he didn't really want you near him. He just wanted to be on those stairs!!! Makes for a nervous Mommy though!
We had a campfire going and Kayda and Dillon were completely ignoring it. Dillon took over Carson's toy train and Kayda sat and colored, at least she was in front of the campfire.
We took a trip to Packwood (more on that coming up in another post), while we were there we picked up a packet of mystical fire. Daddy was really excited and tried to make it all magical, unfortunately his timing wasn't very good, it didn't star doing anything for another minute or two, then it was just some blue and green flames (see below). It was still pretty neat though.
Apparently there is some really good fishing on Riffe Lake. They had a bridge specifically for that purpose, fish cleaning stations and several boat launches. Fortunately their swimming area was well away from the fishing area! The kids had a great time playing around in the water, though Dillon was a little squeamish because there are fish in the water. It took a while to convince him that the fish would be out in the lake more so he'd go in.
Papa G was entertaining Carson by letting him drop things into the water.
Kayda cracks me up. She had her back to me so I made her turn so I could see while she dug. So she turned like this, stuck a big smile on her face and she would stare at me while she leaned forward and dumped her shovel full, keep staring and get more. She kept going for a minute or two, her head did NOT move.
Daddy found some people using a rope swing and of course had ot give it a shot.
Heading out to the deeper water with Papa G.
Dillon went out to the deeper water with Daddy but for some reason our brave little dare devil wasn't being so brave this trip...
Carson is happy in the water. End of story. He will do anything to get to the water and once he is there he is as happy as can be. He sat and played with these shovels and kicked his feet and the water for probably a good 10 minutes before Papa G decided that Carson needed to go explore the deeper water with him.
The kids had SO much fun riding their bikes down to the swimming area and playground. We were on our bikes a TON this trip. They had a great time on the playground especially on the tire swing.
Here the kids are with their gnomes in front of Riffe Lake.
Kayda wasn't really in the mood for pictures...
Hank was with us for the whole trip and did a great job. This was his favorite spot to sit in the campground.'
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