Category Archives: Weekends

salt creek recreational area

March 11, 2014

While we were staying in the Olympic peninsula last month we spent the afternoon at the Salt Creek Recreational Area. There is an old World War II bunker located there that we wanted to see. We got pretty lucky too because the weather decided to be lovely! We took a short hike around the water and found a magical set of stairs that led down to some cliffs and the water. I was hoping to see some tide pools but the tide was pretty high so I just did my best to stay dry. Plus sometimes (maybe more than sometimes) the ocean scares me.

Anyhow we had lunch in the sun and said goodbye to Salt Creek and hello to our private cabin in the woods.

Cabin camping in the olympic peninsula

March 10, 2014

While my dad was visiting last month I suggested we head out to the Olympic peninsula since it had been on our list since we moved out here but hadn’t made the trek yet. I let my dad pick our location and I think we were all pretty pleased. The cabin itself didn’t have the charm that the Cama beach cabins had but it did have a wood stove, a fire pit outside, and we had our own private beach. The cabin wasn’t right along the water but it was perched up on top of a bluff which made for good water viewing.

While at the cabin we wandered the beach looking for oddities oh which there were plenty but mostly in the form of seaweed. Walker and I collected a handful each of tiny round rocks to take the place of marbles in the Chinese checkers game in the cabin. We were also there over Valentine’s weekend so I sent both Walker and my dad on scavenger hunt around the cabin. That was pretty funny.

We enjoyed fires inside and an outside fire by day in the rain with the sun shining which was a bit odd. We were also lucky enough to get a full moon on clear night. We explored the beach by moonlight, which I found to be a bit more ominous than by day. Walker talked me into walking to the end of a the rock barrier and when were we splashed by a wave at the end I was pretty much done with that. But I suppose I was glad I did it anyhow.

More adventures from this trip coming this week…

Cama Beach Weekend

February 26, 2014

Recently my dad was in town for a visit. It was the perfect time to explore Washington and head to some weekend locations that have been on my list for quite some time. I discovered Cama Beach State Park about 2 months after moving to Seattle and I guess I sent the link to my dad because he suggested it based on the link I emailed. I was pretty pumped! Way to go me for planting that seed even if I don’t remember having done so.

We drove up Friday after picking Walker up from the testing center (he passed another one of his actuarial exams making the weekend even more celebratory) and arrived after dark. At Cama Beach they don’t allow you to drive your car up to the cabins so they provide a shuttle, although the walk is short. We all joked about the shuttle making us feel like we were at an amusement park-a rustic one. It added to the intrigue though for sure. The cabins themselves are adorable. I probably spent the first 15 minutes saying how much I loved it! We are also right on the water so the view was amazing which we got the full effect of the next morning.

During the weekend we laid in the sun, toured the center for wooden boats, took a hike, saw the nearby lodge, walked along the shoreline and played games in the cabin. It was relaxing and beautiful and I’m already planning my next trip out there. Cama Beach did not disappoint and was better than I imagined. I love when that happens.

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