Deception Pass Camping

When I was a kid growing up, I would go camping with my parents. We would take trips in their RV and my dad would sit at the table every morning doing write-ups of the trips that would include a summary of our day and pictures. I thought it was weird at the time, but now going back and seeing us grow and the adventures we went one, it's actually pretty cool. It inspired me to write similar summaries of our trips when we go places in our trailer. Here is the write-up from our most recent trip to Deception Pass State Park. It took me a while to complete, but I am finally done so decided to post it here.

May 2-4, 2008

We left our house Friday afternoon around 2:20. We got lucky with traffic and arrived at Deception Pass State Park at 5:30. Once we checked in, we found our campsite, number 115. Terry unhooked the trailer and leveled it out while I started dinner. For dinner, I made spaghetti with Italian sausage and garlic bread. After dinner, we took a walk through some of the campground and down to Cranberry Lake and the waterfront. It was a very pretty walk and we thought all the sites here were good ones.

our site

When we got back, it was almost 9:00 and we decided to brush our teeth and get ready for bed. Right as we were about to head to sleep, Jason, Katie, and their daughter Kiera showed up. They were in site 120, so we walked down and helped them unload. Terry built a fire for us to enjoy and we roasted marshmallows and made s’mores. Kiera seemed to like the fire and asked for marshmallows right away even though it was only her second time camping.

On Saturday when we woke up, it was raining. Terry made some coffee and hot cocoa for us. For breakfast, we gathered our ingredients and headed to Jason and Katie’s site to cook. I made biscuits, sausage gravy and scrambled eggs for breakfast. It turned out really good, everyone, including Kiera, seemed to enjoy it.

After breakfast, we decided to walk up to the check-in area nad get a map of the park. From there, we found a trail that lead up to the bridge. It was drizzling on us as we hiked. Kiera got a little tired, so we took turns holding her. We made it to the bridge and walked across it and got some pretty views. After that we decided to head up to Goose Rock via summit trail. It was fairly steep and a little uneventful at the top. There probably would have been pretty views from the summit if it weren’t foggy. After that, we decided to head back to camp. Poor Zeus was soaking wet and filthy by the time we made it to the summit, but he was a trooper and walked the whole way. Three and a half hours later, we arrived back at camp.

Along the trail with Kiera, Katie, Jason and Terry

Deception Pass bridge

Once back, we made lunch and snacked on junk food. For lunch, we barbequed hamburgers and sausages. Once we were done eating, we headed back to our trailer to put Kiera down for a nap and get out of the rain. Terry, Jason and I placed a game of Yatzee while Katie got Kiera to fall asleep. Soon after she fell asleep, my parents arrived and it stopped raining. It took a while, but the sun finally started to poke thru the trees and the sky started to clear up.

Kiera enjoying lunch

When Kiera woke up from her nap, we walked down to the shore near our campsites and let her play in the sand. My mom showed her how to write he name in the sand and even though she didn’t get the letters right, she did like drawing in the sand. We stayed down there for a bit before heading back to camp to start dinner.

For dinner, we had shredded chicken tostadas. Katie had pre-shredded the chicken and it was really good. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. Terry started another fire for us to warm up around. My parents left around 8:00 to head home. About that same time, we walked down to the shoreline to enjoy the sunset. We got lucky that it cleared enough and we got a very pretty sunset.

The amazing sunset

Back at camp, we roasted some marshmallows and made more s’mores. At exactly 9:00, Kiera wanted to go to bed. We stayed up a little longer enjoying the warm fire and chatting before heading to sleep.

On Sunday, I was up early, but Terry slept in until after 8:30, which is late for him. I made some hot cider and read my book while I waited for him to wake up. Once he got up, we walked down to see Jason and Katie. They were just waking up as well. For breakfast, Katie and I cooked scrambled eggs, hash browns and the left-over chicken. It was of course yummy. Once we were done eating, we slowly began to pack up camp. Jason and Katie left slightly before us. We left camp at 10:45 and took our time getting home. It took us about 2 hours to get home. We had a great time and definitely want to camp there again sometime.