Deception Pass Camping
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as David, Enoch, Esther, Holiday, Luke, Outdoors
This past weekend we were able to get away for a mini camping trip at Deception Pass. We had a wonderful time playing with fire, eating some pretty amazing food, and enjoying the beach and sunshine! This post is obscenely long…Sorry.
How do you go camping with 4 children and 2 dogs? Essential: 1 husband who takes chaos and noise in perfect stride!(Yes, the dogs are tied to his legs!)
Also helpful: a husband with Dutch oven cooking skills. 
 Here he is making David a birthday cake Sunday evening.
Here’s the finished product.
Esther and Luke enjoyed looking straight up into the very tall trees surrounding our campsite.
Everything’s more fun when you’re camping…even holding Enoch!
The birthday boy, eating his hot dog and planning how many pieces of birthday cake he’s going to eat.
Monday morning we headed down the beach towards the famous Deception Pass bridge.
This little monkey was always lagging behind getting wet.
Exploring a “cave.”
Rock climbing.
The “caboose” again.
We spent A LOT of time at Cranberry Lake, swimming….
and splashing…
and hanging out….
and playing in the sand.
David needs a bit more blubber on his bones…he enjoyed the warm sand more than the water a lot of the time.Â
Enoch playing back at the campsite.
Dinner Monday night -- before it started cooking. This is a pork roast, potatoes, onions, garlic, carrots and mushrooms with onion soup mix thrown over the top and a bit of water.
Daddy once again manned the Dutch oven. Most of the heat went on top, but there are a few hot coals underneath the grate as well.
Here it is about 1 hour later.
A highly scientific finishing process involving lots of fun flames.
The finished product! Words cannot describe how amazing this tasted!
Monday evening we headed to the ocean-beach for a bit before bed. Here, they are climbing on a really cool fort someone constructed.
Tuesday morning, we woke up early, packed up quickly and headed back in time for work and school.
What a great time! We can’t wait to return…either for Labor Day at the end of summer or Memorial Day next year!
WOW! Looks like so much fun! I love the little Enoch noises in the video, and the photos of the Dad baking the cake and the roast and the kids having fun at the beach are perfect. What good memories you guys are creating! Also, that meal looked absolutely delish! We’ll have to try that sometime!
Looks like SOOOOooooooooooooo much fun! I love camping! And the Dutch Oven?? Dreamy!
Oh, but getting ready to camp…thumbs down. hahahaah
Looks like a fun time. Would love to try a dutch oven some day.
Oh, these pics brought back so many memories for me! I LOVED deception pass as a kid, and I’d love to take my family there sometime.
My husband is a dutch oven cook too… that food looks great! We have cooked his spicy baked beans in his one dutch oven so many times we had to get another one… it’s seasoned with those flavors so well, sweet cake and such tastes funny.
That looks like one of the best camping meals I’ve ever seen. Kudos to the parents for keeping 4 kids and 2 dogs in check!
You got some great pictures! I love the video of Peter surrounded by little children and dogs strapped to his legs – very funny! Glad you all had a fun time. That’s such a beautiful area.
I dont know you but it looks like you had such a great time! My famly and I are going camping there next weekend and I am wondering how to get to that sandy, cave area ? Lokks like so much fun my on would love it!