This past weekend Walker and I went camping in Washington for the first time. We had attempted to plan a trip but were overwhelmed with the choices, the information we didn’t have or know, and lack of time we had preplanned to plan. So our friend contacted her friend who already had a Saturday trip planned so we tagged along.

We headed out Saturday morning and since the trail head was only an hour away it didn’t take long to get there. Once everyone had arrived we hit the trail. We hiked over 4 miles (up almost all the way) through alpine-like wilderness to Pratt Lake and then another 1/2 mile past that lake to a second lake where we set up camp for the night.

Before it cooled down too much we took a dip in the lake. It was cold but refreshing in a way only a cold freshwater lake in the wilderness can be. Once everyone was in their warm clothes we sat down to have dinner. It was fun, except perhaps the persistent bugs trying to bite us. We played games into the evening and went to bed relatively late for a hiking trip.

We woke up the next morning, had breakfast, took down camp and packed up, and hiked out. It was another beautiful day but we were tired and going down hill the whole way back was hard on the knees. We were pretty excited to see the parking lot.

It was a pretty short trip but we learned a little about camping in the area and I think we’re ready to venture out on our own now. Also I got to turn my phone off for 24 hours and it was bliss not checking it once during that time. We’ve recovered from our soreness and are ready to head out again soon!