This weekend, Charlotte and I undertook our first mama-daughter camping trip! We've been on lots of overnight trips before, but have always stayed with family or friends - this was our first time camping. It was the May long weekend, so the border was pretty hectic; we headed inland to hit the border at one of the "quieter" crossings. So much for that bright idea. We eventually made it to Sedro-Woolley, the last big town we would encounter on our trip. The plan here was to hit the playground and then stock up on groceries for the weekend. The playground was chock-full of kids, which was great in one respect and not so great in another. I was horrified at one point to realize that I'd lost sight of Charlotte after tending to Theo. For a few moments, I just couldn't see her at all, even though I thought I was carefully looking at every single possible spot on the playground. The fact that we were not far from the banks of a very fast river crossed my mind - but I needn't have worried, because little Miss Boston Strong was playing on the roundabout with the boys. She sure knows how to hold her own with the big kids - she just lets them know how things are going to be. So the whole mystery of her disappearance had nothing to do with her and everything to do with me, so I tried not to let on how worried I'd been - but she did get a bigger hug than usual next time she came to check in. The playground is located at N 48.29.425 W 122.13.431 and is point no. 122 on the map at the bottom of home page.
