Elbe
On Saturday I woke up pretty early (9.30 is early for a Saturday) and went downstairs and Tim goes “oh good you’re up, I was just coming to wake you. We’re going to the cabin.” I was like “Oh, ok”.
In reality I was pretty excited to go, it was just very sudden since the day before I had blogged about going to the highland games!
So we got all the gear out: tent, chairs, table, dog food, lantern, torch. Piled it all in the car (after showering) and headed off.
Turns out it was Rob’s birthday so the guys had all gone down there the day before. We arrived about 1 and I got my first glimpse of the cabin. Originally I’d thought it was a proper little cabin with doors and toilet and stuff.
Then I got told it was the exact opposite, so I was expecting this tiny little shed. But in the end it was pretty cute and bigger than I expected. Still no running water or toilet tho…
After we’d unpacked and said hi to everyone (I’d only met Rob and Rick before) we headed down to the beach nearby so that Saffie could go swimming. It was a nice walk, the surrounding area is very Scottish looking.
The driveway up to the cabin with Eric’s truck, Tim’s in the middle and then Rick and Steve’s.
The path to the beach with Rob and Tim in the distance, Saffie anxiously waiting for me to catch up.
Down at the river, which is a glacial run off so rather chilly. It’s also very strong current wise. There were a few times when Saffie got pushed down the river some.
Rick taking a group photo. Rob (in black) and Steve are sitting in front of him. Eric is standing looking at me and Ed is crouched.
Saffie and, unbelievably, Dolce swimming in the river.
After we headed back to the cabin and had a few drinks it was dinnertime. Eric started the fire (and just about set himself on fire) and we shucked some corn and wrapped some potatoes in tinfoil. The rest of the guys had steak but I had a hotdog. The corn was really tasty and I tried a baked potato but wasn’t a big fan.
The rest of the night was just spent sitting round the fire chatting and laughing. It was really nice. The open air (thankfully it didn’t rain), the fire, some music. It was very picturesque.
Tim and I were gonna sleep in the tent but we couldn’t find a flat spot to pitch it so in the end we slept in the truck, which was…..fun.
Amazingly the length was actually longer than prolly a king size and about as wide as a double bed. I wasn’t a fan tho as I woke up at least once an hour in a panic because of the small space.
But morning eventually rolled round and it was raining. We lay in the back of the truck with the doors open and the morning air was so refreshing.
The guys weren’t gonna be up for a while so we took the girls for a walk, what a mistake. Saffie rolled in some poop and was absolutely stinking. We got most of it off but she was still stinking.
Since the guys weren’t gonna be up till prolly noon or later and there wouldn’t be much to do with the weather and all, Tim and I decided to head home. What a fun journey it was.
We stopped at a couple of viewpoints they have for the dam.
And got a couple of photos of us for families.
And then we were home.
All in all it was a really fun weekend and I’d definitely go down there again. If the weather had been nicer it would’ve been better but it is Washington after all!
The rest of the photos are @Flickr.
July 29th, 2008 at 5:52 am
Elbe?! That is so close to my hometown in Eatonville! Its very nice there… if I recall correctly right next to the town there is a train that goes through it. There was a shack there we use to get red wings from when I was a boy.
You both are looking good
Sounds like you had a blast…dog poop and all 