Camping on the coast

After my work meeting in Newport ended we met up with Jeremy and Cassidy and their kids for a camping weekend. Being mid-July, all the campgrounds were at capacity, so Steve was in charge of checking all the nearby campgrounds for vacancies. As it turns out, he found a fabulous walk-in site at a campground about an hour south of Newport (Washburne). Our shady, wooded site was at the end of the walk-in path, so it was pretty private, and plenty big for both tents and all our chairs to fit around the fire. Naturally, I didn't

During the morning on Saturday we went to the Newport aquarium because it was a bit rainy, but while we were there the skies cleared up and it was a gorgeous, warm day. After the aquarium we went to Neptune Beach to do some tidepooling (Jeremy is a marine biology professor, so fun to explore with!).

It was fun to camp with friends, they introduced us to a new camp dinner idea - chicken quesadillas - that were really, really good (the secret to making them camping friendly is to use canned chicken). And I think we got their kids hooked on pudgie pies as a great alternative to s'mores. I hope we can make this an annual event (at least!).

Aquarium fish. : )