This past weekend I took Nora up to Charlton Lake, in the cascades, east of Eugene. She has wanted to camping with “just Dad” for a while now so we finally made the time and did it. A fun time was had by all, of course. She is a very competent camper as you’ll see from the images below. Enjoy –
Up at Paradise, all the wildflowers were in bloom. The kids really REALLY wanted to hike up to where there was snow, but this year in August, that would have been a bit too tough for the little ones. The meadows of flowers sure were beautiful, though!
Later that day we hiked a few (steep) miles to two lakes. This is Bench Lake – a beautiful reflection of the mountain and a nice spot to snack.
Nora loved the log bridges. She said they were her favorite part of the hike.
Nora liked this picture because it made her have snow on her head.
This was a very cool bridge over to the Grove of the Patriarchs – lots of 1000+ year old trees! Jonah loved this bridge, and loved that you’re supposed to cross one at a time. ;)
By the end of the third day’s hike, Nora was wearing out. We had traveled a lot of miles for three-year-old legs. She told us, “My legs are rotten…” So she got a lift. Lucky girl. :)
Sean did one quick post from our Sweet Creek Falls hike, but I had some good pictures that I wanted to add, too.
Feeling the cold, cold creek
Nora and I went to watch the Eugene Emeralds play the Tri-City Dust Devils this evening at PK Park. One of the fun things that they do for kids is let them “chase” the mascot from one end of the outfield to near third base. Nora was looking forward to this the whole evening and below is a video of her doing just that: chasing Sluggo! She is in the white shirt, dark blue pants and blue ball cap and is near the back of the group.
Go Nora!
Nora chases Sluggo! from Sean Sharp on Vimeo.
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