Cabin and Camping Adventures

It's hard to believe that the summer is almost done already! The last two weeks have been full of adventures with my dear man. 

Cutest little cabin!

First we went down to his family's cabin in Point Roberts, Washington for a couple days. It was our first trip together even though it is only an hour away from here. It was beautiful down there and the cabin was super tiny and adorable. His parents have been working incredibly hard to repair. The cabin was cozy and the back patio was the best! We spent some time at the beach there too, which was interesting as at low tide it is so far out from shore. We did go swimming as it was quite a walk out and we didn't want to leave our beach things where we couldn't see them. The best part of the few days were in the evenings we went down to Lighthouse Park and watched the sunset. I am not typically a watch the sunset kind of person, but we happened to be there the first night as it was setting as it was fascinating watching the sky change colours and all the other couples being all cute. 

Sunset at Lighthouse Park

Starting out on the 5 hour drive

The second trip was my dear man's family trip to Oliver to camp for a week. It was 5 days spent in a tent and with his whole family. It was so much fun despite all the smoke and the rough start to the trip. We had intended to take my car since it has AC but my car had other plans and about an hour and half into the trip my car decided that it didn't like shifting into fifth gear anymore. That doesn't work so well when you drive a standard and you are going through mountain passes. So we turned around and switched everything into his car. We left super early the next morning so that we wouldn't be driving in the heat of the day. We finally made it and got all set up and ready to swim. The water was a little chilly but it was refreshing after sitting in the car all morning. The only downside was how smokey it was! All the forest fires in the area made it hazy and the last 2 days everything was covered in ash and soot. I went on my first every winery and cidery (is that a word? It is now) tours. The first one we went to was Silver Sage Winery. I had no clue what the lady was saying as she poured each wine, I just drank them. We did end up buying a sage flavoured wine, which was different then other wines I have had. We then went to Bartier Bros Winery. My dear man's brother in law wanted to check this one out and it was interesting. The lady doing the tasting was pretty funny and we got to taste 6 different wines. We ended up buying more wine here. The last place we went to was Howling Moon Cidery (yup I'm using my made up word again. It really should be a word). I really wanted to go here and had asked earlier if anyone else was interested and they all said they would love to try it. The four ciders they make were awesome! All of us got some ciders. Their Spicy Ginger Cider is one of my new favourite ciders. 

Last Day in Oliver

The evenings were spent playing board games and card games with his siblings. We had to separate sometimes as some of his siblings have kids so we would take turns playing at each campsite. Played a bunch of games I've never played before. I love learning new games!
As a treat every year my dear man's parents take everyone to Tickleberry's to get ice cream. The ice cream cones are insanely huge. We we both got the kids cone and it's two giant scoops of ice cream on a waffle cone. I got two different flavours, chocolate cheesecake and sea salted caramel. It was a challenge to finish it. All the kids got cones and we asked for bowls and within 2 minutes each kid was eating out of the bowl because their ice cream fell of the cone. My man's brother in law told me that I have now been initiated into the family by coming to Tickleberry's.
Getting to spend so much time with his family for the week was great. I was nervous of the road trip and how we would get along being in the car for 5 hours, but it was mostly a karaoke party the whole way. The drive home was a bit more stressful as there were so many accidents on the way! Made me very nervous and glad I wasn't driving.
This was also my first camping trip ever. I have never slept in a tent other than when I would set it up in the backyard as a kid. It wasn't really true camping, more like glamping, but I still slept in a tent for 4 nights. Even with the air quality being at a 9, with all the smoke.

I hope you all have a wonderful last couple weeks of summer!
If anyone has any board games or card games I should try let me know!

Song of the Day: Ordinary Day by Great Big Sea