Fake Banana

camping! brian and i finally made a trip out east (south east of mt rainier) to a campsite called cougar flat in the wenatchee-okanogan national forest. the campsite was small with only about 12 tent sites, vault toilets (hello portapotty!), and a water pump. we got to the site friday evening around 7pm. after driving through the beautiful golden rolling hills of eastern washington the green forest was a great, cool weathered welcome. the naches ranger district finally lifted the burn ban so we built a fire and made food. tortellini and tomato sauce!

the next morning we woke up to a yellow jacket outside our tent! ah! brian hates bees, spiders and just about anything like an insect. we brought out the food from the car and i started making breakfast then...bees everywhere! we tried to deal with it but we just couldnt. the bees were too much. it was 11am by now and we packed up and headed for "town". cliffdell, washington to be exact. where you pay $12 for a turkey club and fries! i guess you can charge that kind of money when you are out in the middle of nowhere.

we decided to drive towards water and wind...two factors we thought bees wouldnt like. we ended up at a recreational day use state park called wanapum on the columbia river. when the sun began to set we headed back to our campsite. the bees were gone by now so we made our campfire and dinner...chicken herb sausage wrapped with lavash bread. it was so good. i bought a couple of 22 oz bottles of elysian immortal ipa, we drank those and continued with modelo especials.

we fell asleep around midnight and woke up at 5am. i didnt sleep much and at around 6am, we packed up and left. we wanted to escape the morning bees and find some breakfast. after food we drove to mt rainier. the morning light was beautiful on the mountain sunday morning. clear and glowing! i love that mountain. we took a couple of short hikes and walked around paradise point for a bit. we saw many waterfalls and colorful wildflowers.

all in all the weekend was great. i love spending time with brian on roadtrips. i have a feeling when we get old we will have an RV and drive across the country. no bees allowed.