Eugene is gorgeous. The property that we camped on was about 20 minutes outside of town, but it felt like we were in the middle of nowhere. These are some pictures of the wooded area that we hiked in, and that little salamander (or whatever it is) was the only wildlife that we saw that day other than birdies. I think the dogs probably scared off whatever else was out there. We got alot of sun, and both days were beautiful. We couldn't have asked for nicer weather, but it still got pretty cold at night. I put X in my sleeping bag and he was like a little toaster for my feet. I wish I had taken a picture of Jackie the next morning, chasing frogs in the dew. She came back to the campsite looking like she had had a bath. We had a great time, and we already plan on camping next weekend. As a plus, the cats weren't even too pissed when we got back. We've never left them alone overnight before, so I was a little worried how they'd handle it. Apparently Vito had no intention of rationing the food we left out. But the food wasn't completely gone and they were happy to see us.
Unfortunately, I didn't get much knitting done. On our cross-country road trip a few months ago, I wasn't able to knit much either. My husband tends to get bored if he is not actively engaged while driving. Talking to him with my head down just doesn't cut it (and I am not yet talented enough to knit without looking at it). I thought this would be a little different, only 4 hours each day in the car, not enough time to get bored. Wrong. As soon as he starts to get a little sleepy, back into the bag it goes. Out of 8 total hours of driving time, I knitted for about 30 minutes. And I hardly even pulled it out at the campsite. We're gonna be camping alot this summer, and I hope that knitting doesn't get put on the back burner all summer. Actually, I think I'll just start knitting everyone socks for Christmas since those travel well and don't take too long to complete. And since I already know that almost everything I give away as gifts must be machine washable, the yarn should be ok out in the wild.