May the adventure never end

After our last campsite by the creek we packed up and hit the ferry back into Seattle and drove back to our apartment. It was hard. We went on the trip with a lot of questions and came back from the trip with most of them unanswered. But we did come back with a bond, a fire in ourselves, energy, and the desire to seek harder. 

We were afraid of bringing Roslyn into our lives, we don't sit still very well and we're not very scheduled, starting off our family of 3 together as an adventure helped us prove we don't have to. It may look different than we think at times or not all go as planned but we really believe she can enhance all of that not remove it. 

We had to slow down on the trip, take breaks at beautiful waterfalls, naps near creeks, walking breaks at sunset, hike through some whiny times, it all helped us steep ourselves wholly in moments and be deeply grateful when it went as planned or better. Learn to be grateful and happy even when it totally didn't. We looked deep and found more patience and how to ask for more help. Roslyn and this road trip altered us and we feel so blessed to have gotten to take it but we're also not ready for it to be over.

Thanks to all who supported us in this and pray that we can find where we should seek next.

Baby on a boat

We couldn't hike but we really wanted to still get out and do something with our last few days. We found a lake that had infant size life jackets and decided to take her canoeing. She looked like a fat little weatherman in her lifejacket and hat. 

Roslyn was quite weary of the experience until we started splashing around water and making it a game. Then she was medium on the experience. Joshua was nice enough to row us around the lake for about an hour and it was quite peaceful. We were almost the only people out on this big blue lake and the smoke made it seem mysterious and different. After we threw down a blanket and had a picnic lunch under a tree.

That night Joshua found our last, amazing campsite. It was nestled deep in some trees and we had a babbling creek right near us. Roslyn loves running water so we spent a lot of time looking at it, running her hands in it and throwing rocks to make it splash. It was a relaxing reflective evening.