Talk about road trips on a whim! We literally decided to meet up with my sister's family in Oregon the night before we left! John, if you have ever read I thing on this blog, or if you've ever met him, really enjoys fishing. He read that the salmon were running on the Klamath river and talked me into a road trip. Well I decided that the Klamath is just about exactly halfway between our house and my sister's house. When we mapped it, it was about 10 minutes difference in our drive times. So we talked the Parsons into meeting us there!
We got there just early enough to see the sunset, so we had to set things up fast before we didn't have any light left.
The kids were really good at staying close by
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this might have been the first time that my sister's family got to meet Lincoln! That night, we saw a huge black bear come right into camp! That smart bear knew exactly where the fish cleaning station was and how to clean out the gut bucket. The kids were a little freaked out. The big boys were totally pumped. They saw how big those fish carcasses were!
The following morning, Mark commented on how terribly they had slept because of seeing the bear. We asked him if the kids were still scared and he said that, no it was Jami! She had kept him awake all night with every noise thinking the bear was going to try and get into our tent. The kids seemed to have slept great! We made Ethan super happy with some Mickey Mouse pancakes.
All the kids were happy. There's something about camping food that makes it so good. Maybe because you have to work so much harder to procure it.
They had a super sweet playground right in the campground.
And we spent most of our day hanging out there while John and Mark tried their luck at catching salmon.
They had a little of everything for everyone.
Including the sisters!
That night, who showed up again but that same fat bear cleaning out the fish station. We talked to the ranger and I guess she comes every night to clean the station and then goes back into the woods. Huh, maybe, just maybe, do you think you should clean the cleaning station before it gets dark people? Or at the very least, warn people that yes, there is a giant wild bear that comes into the campground every night?!
The next morning, the kids seemed to do just as well. I think all in all it was a great trip! We had to change our clothes about 4 times a day because we just couldn't seem to keep dry the entire trip! Ethan got a close-up view of a giant black bear. Unfortunately we missed the fish. Evidently the water was too low for the fish to get upstream and the mouth of the river was inaccessible. But we still had a great time and we always enjoy seeing the Parsons! Maybe we'll try again next year.
On our way out how could we resist not stopping by the golden bears?
Ethan was more than happy to climb all over these ones!
Thanks Klamath, I'm sure we'll see you again!
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