This last weekend Mylie and I (Nick) went away on a camping trip at Fort Stevens State Park near Astoria, OR. We were even close enough to hear the ocean while we were sleeping. This was to commemorate the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood. Typically these are father-and-son outings with our church but because some fathers don’t have sons they figured they can give the mothers a break by having a father-and-children outing. I also went with two other dads who also had a young kid with of them.

So, this would be my second time with Mylie by myself overnight but what made me the most nervous was she is in the middle of potty training and letting her go in public camping restrooms was not my idea of fun. Luckily the bathrooms in the camping area were actually quite nice and she loved “playing” in it. She probably just liked that the sinks were her size and she could do it all by herself.

Fort Stevens State Park is known notoriously by their mosquitoes, or “p’quitoes” as Mylie would say. That’s a new word for her. Luckily I had brought along some mosquito lotion I used when I was in India that seemed to do well since the only place I was bitten was on my foot where I didn’t apply the lotion. Mylie also never complained about bites…beginner’s luck?

That evening I tried teaching her how to make and eat a s’more. She did a pretty good job toasting the marshmallow but really wasn’t interested in eating it. Strange, but I wasn’t going to force her…more for me.

We actually slept fairly decently and by the time I got into the tent to go asleep, she was completely out.

The next day we went near the beach to participate in a service project for SOLV. We picked up trash in the park. It was amazing to see how much junk is tossed, especially car tires and other car parts. Mylie helped a little but she was mostly interested in playing in the dirt. Everyone loved her Scooby Doo gloves, though.

Eventually we did make it to the beach to let Mylie play. One site we saw was the remains from the Peter Iredale ship from the 1906 shipwreck. She always loves coming to the beach and just loves picking up the sand and throwing it back.

For more pictures you can go to the photo album.

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