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Sandy Alki Beach

Putting band-aids on two scraped knees

A bit subdued but starting to feel better

Happy birthday cousin Nate!

A couple of scary Bigfoot impersonators

Eagle-eyed detectives on the hunt for clues

Treatment: ice, gray kitty, bah bah, shirt and fancy sand cake

Lots of climbing and playing at the zoo today

Relatively few live animal exhibits

Triumphant two

From moves like this

And this

Much earlier there was wood chip artistry at the school playground

Doing the Gon-do-la cha cha cha dance in the parking lot

And we’re off! Crystal Mountain, just 13 miles north of Rainier, is about 7000 feet high at its summit

See the spectacular, sweeping view of Mount Rainier to the south?

Neither did we….the smoky haze is back 🙁

We did a little bit of hiking anyway

And were rewarded by two marmots frolicking on the rocks

Morning on the mountain

Hazel earned a Mount Rainier Junior Ranger badge after completing a workbook about her visits to the park

Here we are at campsite E29!

First order of business was the tent

Next, prepare the fire

Proud of her teepee

Hazel hung out in the tent with Lambie while I cooked the mac & cheese

After dinner we put that teepee to work! Yum!

Farewell Chipmunk Rock Campground (affectionately nicknamed by Hazel)

Back at the ranch these two were thick as thieves

Barefoot big foot there with a big smile (He has been outgrowing his shoes left and right!)

The four of us reunited in time for some splish splash pool time

There were tooth-related exhibits at the children’s museum in honor of National Tooth Fairy Day, which apparently is August 22nd

Landry spent a long time at another new exhibit — a magnetic board outfitted with moveable metal bead strands

Unicorn and green monster

First they played with the toys then they sat beside them while the car was being serviced