Camping at Mt. Rainier

We spent last weekend at Mt. Rainier, our first time tent camping with the boys.  It was great!  The one-nighter was an excellent starting point... you don't need a ton of gear, the food can just be done ahead of time and kept in a cooler, and there's not much a person can't put up with for 24 hours so it's a harmless way to learn your needs.  Mt. Rainier is gorgeous and only about two hours from home.  We had a wonderful campsite next to a stream bridged by multiple fallen trees.  Jordan took up logwalking.

I found it somewhat terrifying to watch, but he loved it and was doing great, so I just ... didn't watch.  Instead I looked at the deliciously green surroundings.  I love the temperate rainforest.

Aaron, mercifully, preferred to sit on the bank and make mud towers.  It's glacial-silty stuff, excellent for drippy building.

In between logwalking and tower-building, there were hikes and "picnics" (which I would have just called "eating," since we didn't have an indoor option, but the boys liked picnics better).  Note presence of dog:  He rode down with us in the Camry, on the passenger seat floor.  Actually it was fine.