Cultas Lake (closer, but still "boonies" yet close to a town/chilliwack)
Manning Park (lots of hiking, swimming, canoeing...big provincial park)
Alice Lake (small lake with two beaches, hiking, campground...close to squamish...north of Vancouver on the amazingly beautiful sea/sky hwy)
anywhere in the Okanogan Valley (amazing fruit/orchards!!!! lakes, temperatures)
(there's a great little lake/campground in Oliver...I think the lake is called Tucklenuit lake?!)
Silver Lake park out off Mt. Baker Highway is gorgeous! Another favorie WA campground is Salmon La Sac in Roslyn. There are lots of trees and a couple of rivers there.
Thanks. I'm kind of thinking Canada, because I don't think you (yet) need a passport, and I'm not paying the kind of money it takes to get passports for three kids and two adults, so we won't visit Canada again for a LONG time once that's a requirement. (Which really makes me feel sorry for all the small business owners in tourist spots in Canada)
I need some ideas for places to go too, but I want a 2-3 hour drive max from Portland, and someplace that has water (a lake) and not too many bugs (ok is that possible?) and that won't be booked already. we're thinking of going the weekend of Aug. 17-19th as well!
I liked camping in Lake Chelan. There is a place that is absolutely REMOTE and BEAUTIFUL called Strawberry Bowl. It's impossible to find on the net (at least i searached and couldn't find it!) but I have the park owner's name and number. It's Marci Hale 630-0152. She didn't give an area code, so I imagine you'd have to find out what Chelan's area code is.
A great place to camp is near Manzanita Oregon. There are campgrounds right around there and a place a bit south of Manzanita called Fisherman's Jetty. It's gorgeous there.
Another good place is at Lake Cushman, Wa. There campground called "the staircase", you can't make reservations, but it's only 11 bucks a night.
HTH! And have fun!
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