Camping and Scamping

For the Memorial Day Weekend, we reserved a site in a campground at Flowing Lakes County Park in Snohomish, just 18 miles north of our home.  It was recommended to us by our neighbors Mary and Steve (who are currently renovating a 22- foot trailer they got free and hauled out of a farmer's field south of Seattle!).  We had never camped here before, and it was more remote than our last site, and in a heavily forested area.

We arrived Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m., and were able to set up our camp much more quickly than the last time we camped at Tolt Park in Carnation.  While Don took an afternoon siesta in the trailer, I set up the outside area of "Beach Music" and then sat back and enjoyed my handiwork.

Since our last trip, I acquired some "glamping" items from local thrift shops to make the outside area look homey.  Our red and white outdoor rug (made from recycled pop bottles) set the red and white theme, along with our custom-made awning.  The red canvas chairs Don bought for us last fall are comfy, and I picked up pieces of red enamelware for an outdoor trash can, and even found a child-sized antique ironing board to use as a mini-bar for our wine and pop drinks and snacks.  I sewed a couple of cloth buntings which I hung outside, and even had LED-fairy lights!

I also found a nice tablecloth at Country Village's White House Antiques, painted our old stool from home (to get the canopy down), and found a tiny chalkboard where I wrote the name of the trailer and the year it was made.

It looked like "home away from home" by the time I finished.

We had a wonderful three days, enjoyed two nights of campfires, S'mores, and games of Scrabble.

I love the red and white exterior!

Campsite on lower level

Scamp nestled in the trees at Campsite #14