autumn camp trip 2009

the last camping trip of every year is always my favorite. this is for several reasons:

1. not many bugs
2. the colors are starting to change, which everything twenty times more gorgeous
3. wild blueberries are plentiful
4. you do not need to fight the hordes of people for a nice location

for the last four years, we have been going to yellow aster butte for our fall camp trip. i love it there. it is my favorite spot in all of washington. there are tons of tarns all over so almost any camp spot you pick comes with its own little lake, and the views are phenomenal. this year was probably my favorite trip up there (so far). the best part was star gazing (it was so nice just to see them!) and talking late into night. a close second was the two handfuls of blueberries that i stirred into my morning oatmeal.

our camp site view

descending down the next morning