Campampoline

Friday:

Got up on my own time. Ma and Pa only rushed me when it came to finishing breakfast. A day and two halfs does not require that much packing. Threw some clean stuff together plus one of shirts and underoos because accidents (by that I mean Dad rocking the boat) happen.

The new GPS was set to our destination and off we went! Well first we got gas. Mom gave me some cash and I bought a snickers and gobstoppers and a sobe. I didn't have quite enough cash as the change mom gave me had no quarters when she probably thought it had a few.

Port Hudson is more along the lines of an RV park than campground. Our location is right on the water and there are not many other RVs. Nice and quiet. No generators. Only the slush of water on rocks and the occasional gust and howl of wind. We hauled the bikes and kayak off the RV and sat down to enjoy some tuna fish sandwiches. Quite a lovely day. Cold though. I only had my hoodie.

After lunch we rode out on our bikes. Well mom had her old bike from when she was my age, dad had his, and we had the electric bike. The funny thing about electric bikes is that you need the motor to propel the bike because the motor and battery make it so heavy that it is no fun to do it without. It was also too big for me so my bum ached and my bike got a pain in it from being too stretched out.

We rode along the Port Townsend waterfront trail all the way to the papermill. Then we went to Safeway and picked up milk and margarine and ice cream and powdered gatorade and that kit to turn apples into caramel apples. Back we went. I curled up on the seat to relieve my back. Then mom and I took a two hour nap.

When we woke up it was time to eat! We went to Shanghai Restaurant; a Chinese place with a view of the water not 100 feet from our campsite. The owners are one big family and the little kids are already being put to work. The eldest girl, about 8, gave us our menus. A 10 month old named Livia toddled about. We ordered the family meal special which was a course of sizzling rice soup, wontons, and then a sweet and sour beef entree, a chicken thing, and a noodle thing. Very delicious and filling. Oh and there as rice. It was a cute little place with some dated artwork. The chicken meal had some sculptured vegetabled added to it. Looked like a bird! Awesome.

Back we staggered. We watched an episode of Derren Brown and then Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Dad went to sleep early and I don't know if mom liked the movie. She didn't say to turn it off though. Hmmm. I climbed into my bunk and read Pygmy and eventually fell asleep.

We used to have a tiny little camper that barely had any room for more than one person. It fit on our truck and we went all around in it. Mom, in the past few years, bought an RV. It has enough space for 6 people to sleep (if 2 of them are couples) and a lot of room to spread out in. It takes some of the dingy fun out of it.

No s'mores yet.

Saturday:

I thought I slept in but it was only 9 when I got up.

Mom has been trying to figure out these birds that have been hanging out with the seagulls.

Oatmeal and tea was my breakfast once mom and pop returned from kayaking. No shower for me yet. The shower is filled with sleeping bags. Oh well, I'm only being grubby with my family and they are all grubby as well.

Mom had some non-aspirin to give me for my back aches. We slowly toddled off to see the Port Townsend strip. First was the wooden boat shop so dad could get a saw and a teeshirt (well they are father's day gifts). It is a fancy bendy saw that is perfect for sawing things flush without damaging the surrounding wood. Mom eyed some 40 foot boats. I eyed the vanishing of my college tuition.

I rounded off my breakfast with a foot long hot dog. Dad ate an inch off. We almost went into a bookstore but it was only selling new books. You can get new books anywhere. A game store provided an expansion pack for a game mom has that I never heard of. A knick knack shop provided this banana packaged scrabble/crossword crossover game and lotion and this sweet treat. A used book store provided an awesome selection of not new books to look through. Mom said we could get one book each.
Mom: book about Gypsies.
Dad: book about using cement in architecture and interior design.
Trillian: The Collected Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley.

And all for cheaps!

Swain's says that if they don't have it, you don't need it. Well we needed some more tape for the label machine and they didn't have the correct type. They did have sandals and stuff.

I had a regular chocolate cone at Elevated Ice Cream. Mom had a caffeine drink! And later had some of that Rockstar Energy stuff she is so very addicted too (mom! it is not good for you to drink a can a day of that!).

I took a little nap when we got back. Dad and I were about to go kayaking when grandma and grandpa Spencer showed up. We still went anyway. Against the wind and tide we tried to go out to the bouy, on which two sea lions lay. Sadly with too much water going onto us and too much current against us, we had to turn back a little short of our destination. We did a little loop in the marina and went ashore. My back was hurting so mom helped lug the kayak the rest of the way ashore.

I spoiled my appetite just a little bit with a caramel apple (we all had one yesterday). The umbrella was a struggle to keep from blowing away. Eventually we just moved into the shade of the RV. I enjoyed a helping of salmon but when the jumbalaya was rolled out I was full. I dozed in the sun. Grandma and grandpa left. I had hot apple cider. We played the Banagrams game. Dad won both rounds but I think I came in second. We moved onto Blokus and my usual strategy that works so well against Nathan fell short against mom who ruled both games. I pouted and they went on a bike ride.

9pm and still light light light. Blimey.

Mom identified the mystery bird as the Heermann's Gull.