Call us crazy, but with all this prime outdoor real estate around here, it just made sense to go spend a few nights under canvas. We were also excited about spending some quality time with Mr. Henry the dog. So, we went to our friendly neighborhood camping outfitter and geared up! Although we plan to eventually do some real backwoods camping carrying everything on our backs, we decided to try the crawl, walk, run approach, so we are starting with car camping first. Axel picked a campground in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness just East of the Pacific Crest Trail at an altitude of 3400 feet. The Wilderness is located in the Wenatchee National Forest which covers enormous swaths of western Washington State from Oregon to the Canadian border. We packed up Laurie’s Mazda with all our
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