The end of June 2018

Packing my Lil' car for a camping trip with my husband 

and Church at Rainbow Falls, Chahalis, WA.  

We arrived about 6:30 or 7:00 pm.  Pastor Phil showed us to our camp sight and we began to set up camp.  It was a cute little spot and close to the bathrooms.   I had a hard time remembering just how to set up the tent.  But Pastor Phil, RT, Tom, and Pastor Kenny were very helpful.  And we had the tent together in no time!!

Dan and I all set for camping.

The first night after we got set up, we went over to the fire and chatted with everyone.  Dan was sitting in one of our chairs and he went to get up out of it and it broke.  We figured out quickly, that these chairs were made for smaller kids. LOL

Our tent all put together.

The next morning.

The first Morning I woke up to Crows, Birds and they were louder than my phone alarm, which is Birds and Crows going wild too.  I could tell the crows were flying from one tree to another over our heads in the group camp area.  And even the little tiny birds were louder than normal.

I was up Early about 4:30am. The sun was just rising as well.  I had to use the restroom.  So I thought I'm not going back to bed.  God said get up and I did. So I started breakfast.  I had brought a whole slab of bacon.  I started cooking that first.  Then the potatoes and onions.  Then Dan woke up.  So I added Eggs. We had a feast.

Our Tent and its surroundings

Phone booth

That afternoon, we decided to go for a walk down to the river.  On the way there was a phone booth.  Probably for Bigfoot to call his family.  lol

Such beautiful powerful falls

There's RT! Kind of Elusive behind the leaves.

We could see the river through the trees.  So beautiful!
Parts of the falls.  I loved it, but I couldn't get much closer.  I had injured my leg and have been unable to do too much.

So beautiful!!

Dan and I, the river behind us.

On our way back to the tent we passed the Ranger's cabin.  It looked so perfect right there in the forest.  A great day at the camp ground.  Now we are tired, we were up several times in the night and sleeping on a mattress was better then sleeping on the ground, but way different from sleeping in our beds. lol

Pastor had planned a hike for the day.  Dan and I were tuckered out from the night before.  We opted out of the day hike.  I made us leftovers for lunch.

 Since everyone was on the hike, we decided to go over to the fire and make ourselves some s'mores,  a few coals were burning so we stoked it up and got the fire going and cooked us some s'mores, and they were yummy.  My friend Lori gifted me with some licorice and Dan left me with one piece, how nice of him to share.  I guess God was watching out for my teeth.  I just got my cap replaced before we went camping.  Thank you God.

Dan was napping, and I saw that the hikers had returned, and they were headed toward the ball field for a softball game.  I woke Dan and we headed over with drinks and some snacks.

Jenny and RT's Daughters also watched with their dogs!! Beautiful!

The softball was very cool.  The rules were lax, letting the younger players bat until they could hit the ball and only counting the runs.  There were two teams.  Everybody won!!

Home plate to the right.

After the ball game we all went back to the fire and sat for a while and chatted.  Dan and I got most of the gear loaded up in the car since we would be leaving after breakfast on Sunday. Then we headed to bed.  I was having a hard time falling asleep. At about 11:30pm I heard to a Barred Owl hooting in the night.  I felt at peace, and slept the rest of the night.  

Tom & Pastor Phil Preparing Eggs and pancakes.

Sunday morning, I woke up at 7:30am, three hours later then yesterday.  Yay!!

The men were making breakfast for us.  We contributed our watermelon.

It worked out great.  We had the works.

After breakfast we had services and then we took a group photo.

Calvary Baptist 

All who went camping Rainbow Falls State Park 

A wonderful weekend camping trip!!