Juan de Fuca Winter Camping

Fun (but cold) as we camped at French Beach and hiked around China and Mystic Beach. Thank you to Park Ranger Ed who helped with extra firewood. We have captured the beautiful sunset here. But failed to snap away on another epic day of rain, hail and snow.

 Swedish candle Christmas present in action. It served us well.

 Burger and bun twisted on a stick over the fire. Seriously delicious.

 Well, it snowed. And we were....warm and toasty. That's right. Warm and toasty.
All thanks to the beach stones that were placed in the fire during dinner and wine (wine served about 25 degrees cooler than it should be...in a steal cup...), then brought lovingly into our sleeping bags at bedtime (as late as 8pm on New Year's eve!), rolled about in critical locations and -finally- clung to for dear life. Game changers.

Thanks to Nana for watching beast 1 and beast 2. First time away from the kids together for more than a single night, and we were really craving some peace and nature.