Weekend excursion to La Wis Wis campground in WA

We drove two hours along highway 12 (it crosses the Cascades from Western WA to Eastern WA) to La Wis Wis National Park. It is only about 20 minutes from the top of the pass, but still on the Western Side. Very impressed with the park... more on that in another post. Besides our family, we brought along two cousins for Katie to play with, and my parents came too. This was a new experience for us - Camp-Inn + warm weather! First time ever!

This picture was taken from in our campsite - can't beat the river view.


Lena is turning into quite the knitter, and the Cabela's Chaise Lounge chairs are great!


And now, we can officialy consider ourselves Dutch Oven cookers.
George, the Wal-Mart pizzes worked great - good choice for the first time.
And next time we'll be ready to try something more challenging.


The campground uses composting toilets - not very Grandma compatible, so I set up our privacy tent at the edge of the campsite with the portapot. Grandma was a happy camper. At night we move the toilet into the side tent.

I also tried to set up the Coleman water heater, but no luck. I couldn't stop the collapsible jug and hose from leaking - it probably needs replaced. I'll try it again another time...

Lots of comments on the camper - one couple stayed for about two hours looking and talking. My parents are very impressed. They want a teardrop now, but nothing fancy - just a bed on wheels. They will probably only camp with us so they don't need a 2nd full kitchen. We are going to start looking for a decent used tear for them.

 

We've got an 8 and a 12 so far. Do you still think we need a 10?

 

Thanks George. Yes, the pizzas wouldn't fit in a 10. Just barely work in the 12, and probably better in the 14.

 

Haha! We must be naturals, George. That's exactly how we used the paper!

P.S. - is Fogcrawler AKA as Dean?

 

Yep! That is Dean.

Depending on what I am making, I sometimes use parchment paper, too. You can buy the pre-made DO liners but I get my parchment from a food supply store that I frequent (I use a lot of parchment in my baking at home). It comes in 24"x24" individual sheets & I cut them to fit my DOs. They are a fraction of the cost of the pre-cut ones.

 

The parchment is great for lifting out pizza & breads. It also great works great for removing cheesecakes & cakes from the DO.