Silver Falls camping trip

Audrey and Kate went camping with friends (kids of some of Dada's friends from high school and college) at Silver Falls State Park this weekend. They arrived on Friday evening and "helped" Dada pick out a tent site and put up the tent as the sun was going down. It took them awhile to fall asleep, given the excitement and the new surroundings. It probably also didn't help that Kate kept sliding out of her sleeping bag and off her air mattress.

On Saturday, the main activities were going on a short hike to the North Falls and playing in the wading pool. Kate likes to throw rocks into water, and so had many opportunities to do so. Since Audrey enjoyed making bows and arrows on her backpacking trip in June, Dada brought supplies to make them again. Of course, all the kids ended up wanting ones, so Dada spent quite a bit of time assembling bows (and nunchucks and slingshots). Audrey and her friend Meagan added stick swords and guns to their "weaponry" and called themselves "The Princess Hunters" (as in, princesses that hunt). They spent quite a bit of time together over the weekend.

All in all they enjoyed the trip, although Kate was feeling decidedly un-photogenic when it was time for group photos.