Camping at Olallie
This summer, Josh & I have been trying to get some short, fun, family trips in before his 4th knee surgery. We’ve been waiting for the weather to warm up and finally it did. With temperatures finally in the 80′s, we packed up the family, kayak & camping gear and headed up to Olallie Lake. If you’ve never been there, it is definitely worth the trip. The water is pristine and the lake sits on the North side of Mt. Jefferson.
Jakob had his agenda all planned out. He was going to find himself a snake. Fortunately for him when he was out scouting the campground, Grandpa & Daddy saw & caught a small racer snake for him. Jakob brought his small terrarium and set it all up. He spent most of his camping trip holding and studying the snake he came to name as Frankie Jr. (Frankie Sr is his big stuffed rattlesnake).
It was great spending time relaxing and literally being unable to do all the things that you feel obligated to do when at home. I was just glad to have nothing to do, other than keeping an eye on the kiddos. My Mom, Father-in-law and sister-in-law came with us too. The more the merrier…especially when hauling all of the gear in and out of the campsite. I have noticed it take quite a bit more packing when you have kids. My loads were definitely lighter prior to children and consisted mostly of beer. LOL! My how times have changed.
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Oh, I can’t wait to show Cedric the picture of Jake and his snake. He’s going to geek out about it. Cedric also has a stuffed snake( diamond back). His name is Snakey. Not that original, I know, but he has a stuffed shark. When he got it he was four and he called it Sharkey, so when he got the snake he had to keep up the theme. LOL
Anyway, great pics and I’m glad you got some down time. You can tell you all had a great time.