Weekend of Whiskey (Creek).

Whiskey Creek Sep 2007

Britt's entry -

Sean and I packed up our gear and Roscoe on Friday afternoon and headed to wait in line at the Edmonds Kingston ferry. While sitting in line, we saw a huge van creep up near the beginning and nose its way in. Not a minute later, a Sheriff's car pulls up, talks to the driver, and the van pulls out of line and makes a U-turn to go back to the end! The remaining cars started honking and cheering! It was like a tailgate party to see someone finally get caught! (We think someone must have called it in and the officer just happened to be very close.)

Another 5 hours and a car-sick dog later, we pulled in to the campgrounds and up to the cabin. It was very dark and since it’s a rustic cabin, only our flashlights lit up the path while we unloaded. Teri and Bud had their camper, Tanya and Darian used one cabin, and Sean and I got the loft (with a VERY comfortable bed) in the second cabin. Roscoe raced right up the steep stairs, but getting him to come down was a different story. We were only about 5 yards from the beach, so we went to sleep with the sound of the surf crashing right outside our window - very relaxing.
When we woke up, I got to see Whiskey Creek for the first time and it was beautiful! The two cabins were side by side with a small courtyard in between where we could set up our chairs and relax together.

Tanya, Teri, Sean, Curtis, Roscoe and I spent the morning heading down the beach looking for "round rocks" - rocks that had been rolled around so much that they were nearly perfect spheres. The guys found a shale hillside and completely exhausted Roscoe running up and down, while Curtis did flips (intentionally) on the way down.

When we got back, the rest of the family had pulled up! Everyone settled in and had some lunch, then the kids went to another beach and gave themselves "mud baths". Competitions for who can get the dirtiest seem to be a theme when these little guys get together!

Sean and I had also brought some party "clickers" for the kids to play with - and by kids I mean Bud, Sean and Curtis. : ) They clicked those suckers at every opportunity and attached them to earlobes, eyebrows, nostrils, you name it.

For dinner, Tanya cooked up some delicious smelling salmon that Sean had brought, and everyone else pitched in a dish or two, like corn or noodle salad, and we were all quickly stuffed.
Everyone was pretty worn out by the time the sun went down, so Teri, Tanya, Scott, Sean and I sat by the fire keeping warm and chatting. Pretty soon we looked down at a watch and realized it was… 9:30. Hmmmm. But Tanya, Sean and I got a second wind and finished the night talking and gigling (me) in the cabin until about midnight. Hope we didn't keep Marcus and Zoe awake in their tent!

We had a slight rain shower first thing in the morning, but we powered through and had everyone pitching in with cleaning the cabins before we headed home. Another great trip!