Camping

For the past three years my family has gone camping for our family vacation. For the first two years we traveled to see some of the greatest sites in the great Northwest: namely Mt. St. Helens and Crater Lake. This year, however, my parents decided to stay a little closer to home, and instead of guided tours and information centers, we did whatever we wanted. It's amazing how interesting board games become when there's no cell phone service and no Facebook, and to be honest I think it's the most fun I've had in a long time. We stayed in an old ranger cabin right under Mt. Hood and next to a huge, beautiful lake. It was absolutely incredible. Gilbert even thought the dirt was wonderful.