After a few more days on Lopez relaxing, we set off again. In the afternoon we rode about 5 miles across the island to a state park to camp. The hiker/biker camping area was absolutely gorgeous. Set in a forest, a main grassy area is surrounded by six short paths to secluded individual campsites. Beautiful. And we couldn’t believe no one else was there to enjoy it. We set up the tent to mark our spot, then walked down to the beach with our kites and dinner supplies.

We met up again with Lena + family and the kids instantly started running and playing together. It has been so awesome to have friends here with kids of similar ages! Us adults sat down to chat and make dinner, when we weren’t comforting a crying child or untangling kites, of course. There were about 20 boats moored (a popular spot) and we saw one of the ferries go by. A wonderful evening.

Before our friends went home they walked up to the campsite with us to see the tent. When they arrived there was much excitement! We included them in our tradition of tossing the sleeping bags, etc., into the tent to much delight. The kids ran around the tent several times and jumped and hugged many times. Plans were made to get together again at the end of the week before we head back to Colorado. We walked them to their car, then read a Fairy book to settle into our tent.