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Sadly we didn’t get to do as much camping as we would have liked this summer, but each summer the kids are a year older and camping becomes easier.   We did get to use our tent a couple of times this summer while visiting family; we weren’t fully camping but the kids feel as though we camped twice as much as we did.   We started off the Summer by camping for Father’s Day .   This trip we camped with the Wagester family and drove out into the Mt Baker National Forest and camped outside Silverton along the river.      There are some areas within the National Forests that campsites are free and first come first serve.   Tyler has Fridays off and Matt left work at lunch so we were at our site by two in the afternoon.   We found a nice place along the river where there were 8-10 other tents in sight view. Loading in & out were not the easiest, we had to carry our stuff down a hill and across a creek but that was easy enough for the men. ...

 Last year I decided that one of my 2014 goals was to participate in a 5k.   I have never been and never will consider myself a runner.   Let us just say that the bouncing is bad for my…. Knees.   But walking, hiking and even a brisk jog are all enjoyable activates for me.   So in the Spring my best friend Diane & I decided to register for one of those “fun” runs.   We decided on the Rye or Dye Lake Stevens 5k.   Although about 20 people said they were interested in joining our fun run team come the July race day it was just Di, Tracy and I.    The morning of the 5K we parked & walked to the event to line up and wait for the start time.  It was a sea of interesting people & decent music..at nine am. Every Kilometer or so they're is a chalk station where volunteers toss different colors at you as you run by.  But honestly we had lots of fun reaching in and garbing our own handfuls to toss at ...