A waterfall and some skinny dipping

Back in the day my favorite field trip we used to go on was to the Cedar river water shed.   The water shed area is very close to Rattle snake lake, near North bend about 30 miles east of Seattle.  Much of seattle's water comes from there and it is a really beautiful place that can only be visited on a tour.  So I booked us in and headed over there one Friday in July.  We arrived early so we could ride the great trail along the lake shore, and after a little train time in the visitors center we jumped on our bus.  The kids loved the tour and Zoe was obsessed with the map.  They thought the waterfall was amazing and just sat looking at it for ages.  They were sad to get off the bus.

After a picnic at the fire circle, we listened to the rain drums for a while then got back on the bikes to take a swim in the lake.  As we were riding back, Max and Zoe spotted one of the guys from our tour taking a quiet skinny dip in the lake.  I'm sure he was thrilled to have them announce that he was "Nakey, Nake" to all around.  But once they saw that they couldn't get their kit off fast enough and into the lake.  For the record we did move along the shore a fair way to give that guy some privacy.  Anyway they had a blast and really what's not to love about a skinny dip?