As we were driving home from Seattle Fri. evening, we passed a free'dway sign that was the exit for Champoeg (pronounced shampooey) State Park. We camped there a couple of times when the boys were young and once or twice just the 2 of us. It's very nice...not too far from Newburg where some friends live. But the best thing about this park is just outside it's gates. There is a reproduced Lewis and Clark encampment. There are volunteers there dressed in period costume, a cabin like the one they would have lived in, a blacksmith and some other things like that. Very interesting. At certain times of the day one of the male volunteers comes out and shows how to load and fire a musket. The boys liked that a lot.
Seeing that sign brought back memories of the fun the 4 of us had when we went on our 2 week camping trip every summer. We would camp our way up the coast from either our home in southern Calif. or central Calif. Our final destination was Seattle to visit family. We'd stay there with the folks for several days and then camp our way back home. When they old enough, their job was to set up our 2 2man tents and unroll the sleeping bags. We had a good time and we loved the northwest...which is how we ended up moving to OR. I'm so glad we spent our vacations camping...it gives our sons some fun memories to look back on.
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