Headed to Lake Crescent

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We are making this a tradition after all the fun we had last year. We returned with excitement for:

tree swing- but unfortunately they took it down

Nachos-but they took it off the menu at the lodge

Mom and dad weren't too impressed with their accommodations so they said next year we get to plan it. We did go over to Lake Crescent Lodge to eat and let Mark work for a minute but he was unable to get on the network due to their server was down. We did enjoy our hike to Merrymere Falls again though. The campground was packed. Despite all the craziness we had fun playing in the water, boating, hiking, eating, and visiting with family. It's important to connect with family away from our regular setting. My brother wants to squeeze in one more camping trip this year in August, then we can put the camping gear away for the year!!!

Valerie loves the town of Poulsbo so we stopped and had lunch, shopped, and visited the bakery for Viking Cups. The little Mexican eatery, where we ate, wasn't the best food but the atmosphere was worth the stop. We ate down a alley that reminded me of Italy! It was quaint, we ate outside, and their were flowers decorating the alley.

Sunshine Lavender Farm was a unplanned stop. The kids saw that they were having a Lavender Festival and had actually seen commercials of it on TV so they wanted to stop mainly for the Lavender Ice Cream!! We didn't stay too long but wandered around while the kids ate their Strawberry Lavender and Lavender Honey ice creams.

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