Lavender Camping

Since we didn't make our yearly stop at the Lavender Festival in Sequim in July, we decided Wednesday that we would head out there and camp, pick some lavender and experience potty training a toddler in the "wilderness". We had more fun than I could have imagined... and more cloth diaper and training pants to clean in the faucet as well! Shhh... don't tell the other campers...

First potty stop on a side street off the highway. Great fun being in charge of Myra and eating a banana whilst trying the potty seat in the great outdoors.Myra, not looking to happy she was left in the hands of a not-yet-2 year old. We nervously perused the campground looking for a spot. There was nothing, but a young couple looking a bit like they were packing things up, so we set up some chairs to save the spot and were off to the trail along the bluff for a snack, some wish blowing and some playing in the rocks and sticks... "Eskimo sticks", that is. (Don't ask, we're still not sure what she is talking about)
Those were some hard wishes to make! Drew had to help out a bit...


The posts are backwards... we actually did a loop around the camp area first in the post below, but later drove up to Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Forest. It was a long, winding drive for all weary travelers, only to stay for 15 minutes at the top, but the view was worth it. It looked like the Sound of Music scenes... there was a meadow just over the rock wall - beautiful, even if we didn't exactly stop to take it all in.