Over the holiday weekend, my husband and I were invited to go camping with a group of about 10 families - all with kids. We thought, "This will be interesting." Our kids love the outdoors. They love building tents. They love playing with friends, going swimming, hiking and roasting marshmallows...all things that should transfer to great quality time on a camping trip. And, for the most part it did. Swimming area Getting ready to hike the Ape Caves Hiking through the Ape Caves We had a blast camping at Cresap Bay at Lake Merwin near Mt. St. Helens as we hiked through the Mt. St. Helens Ape Cave Lava Tube - a fabulous rainy day activity. We brought along a couple of rafts and the husband and kids enjoying swimming at the swimming beach in the day-use area of Cresap Bay Park. We played with the sand toys in both the sand and dirt, hiked the trails around the campsite, and the husband and oldest child even went fishing togethe...
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