Breaking in the "kiddie catcher"

Well, its all go for Jacs & Shaun over here. Our van is awsome, it's now complete with a bed, storage facilities, roof racks, kayaks, mini kitchen and a sofa - everything you could ask for...

Jacs in the depths of construction mayhem

Fits like a glove! Storage cabnets on the sides and the fold-up-able bed in the middle

The kitchen

Here it is, in all its glory. It's a V6, 4.3 litre, all wheel drive, cruising machine. Note the tinted windows, its like in the movies - a kiddie catcher

Last weekend Jacs and I went our seperate ways for 3 days. Jacqui went rock climbing with some frinds at a place called Smith Rock.

Smith Rock, from the carpark

Jacs dominating the rock...

Shaun went kayaking in the southern part of Washington on the Little White River and a few others.

Shaun in the midst of the action

Richard launching himself into the action

Then we rejoined forces and started our road trip north into Washington for about a week which is wear we still are now. We started by following the coast up through Oregon towards the Olympic Peninsula. This is a National Park there which is known for its huge rain forest and alpine meadows / snowy peaks. It has been a very long winter here, restricting what we are able to see and do, there is still quite a bit of snow around the place...

Exploring the lowland rainforest, trees thrive in this area because of the rain, there were some big trees!

We found some magic campsites!

The coastline...

With endless amounts of drift logs

We had a magic day exploring above tree line, with magic weather

At the top of Hurricane Hill

Try and spot Jacqui hiking through this wind swept ridge

We are having a great time exploring Washington, we hope Summer is just around the corner, we are picking up Kate on Thurs and then heading South, we'll keep you posted...