Camping in Chelan

With summer coming to an end, Clint and I wanted to squeeze in one last getaway, so we headed east over the mountains to my most favorite place, Lake Chelan. I had gone online to find a place for us to camp, and scored the last camping spot at the state park. Lucky for us!

Because of work, we weren't able to leave as early on Friday as would have liked. That meant we arrived around 10pm and had to set up camp in the dark. Good thing we had lots of practice with the tent this year, so we are now pros at it. Plus we had our trusty headlamps!

In the morning we woke up and went for a walk to check out the grounds and to buy some firewood for a campfire that night.

amphitheater 

lugging the wood back

We got back to our site, and started to cook up some breakfast. Scrambled eggs with cheese, hash browns, and hot chocolate, yum.

our camping spot was across the
street from the water

getting the stove setup

mmm

breakfast time

filling up our kitchen sink

doin the dishes

After breakfast, we showered and headed out for the day. Our first stop was Tsillian Cellars for some wine tasting. It was a beautiful day at the winery, so of course they were setting up for a wedding that night. We also met some fellow huskies since we were all wearing our purple and gold for game day.

Tsillian Cellars

checking out the dance floor

so pretty

After Tsillian, we headed to the other side of the lake over to Manson. We had heard there was a brewery there, and thought it'd be fun to check it out and maybe even get to see the Husky game. On our way though, we got distracted by this cool looking winery and stopped in.

Firehou5e winery

The place was an old firehouse, and was really cool inside. Clint did the wine tasting, while I opted for this delicious looking wine smoothie. So yummy!

We then walked down the street to the brewery. Unfortunately, the game wasn't being broadcast on normal cable, so no where in town was showing it. We updated ourselves by checking in online to see how the game was going though.

We ordered a sampling of beer and went through their album collection to listen to some records. Another fun find.

After our drinking tour, we headed back into Chelan. Our friends EJ and Danielle were also in town for the weekend (staying at his Dad's place), so we met up with them at Campbell's for dinner. Tom and Mia joined us as well, and Tom is actually a Campbell, so we got the royal treatment! Dinner was delicious, and fun to see friends.

closing the bridge off for a concert

After dinner, we called it a night (we're getting old now), and Clint and I headed back to camp. Unfortunately we were too pooped to get a campfire going, so we crashed in the tent instead.

The next morning, campers were packing up and leaving, so we walked down to the sites along the beach to check them out. We made note of which ones we liked best so we can come back next year. It was a fun way to end the summer, and definitely wanna come back!

camping on the water

We then packed up our stuff and hit the road. On the way home, we stopped at a cute little produce market and got some fruit and veggies to bring back. We had a great little trip…till next time, Chelan!