In the Bean Thyme: Weekend Getaway

How's everybody's weekend been going so far? Hopefully you are all doing something fun and that you enjoy, no matter what it may be!

Francis and I had a great weekend! Saturday morning we picked up our friends, Alyssa and Eric, to go camping in Sooke!

We went nice and early to get a spot (it's an hour out of Victoria)...and we lucked out and got an absolutely amazing one! We were so relieved and happy!

This was our view! Amazing, right?

We got started right away and put up our tents, put everything away and got settled in!

We had a quick lunch of a delicious vegetable pasta salad that Alyssa made...which was obviously super amazing because i didn't even snap a quick pic. We had some raw veggies on the side!

After we finished up our lunch, we headed out to find a beach to spent the afternoon at. We found a beautiful spot that was quite private. We explored along the shoreline and found a waterfall and some cliffs, which we jumped from :) Yes, it was scary...but I did it and it was a blast! A fareeeezing blast!

After the sun went behind the trees we headed back to our campsite and munched on some chips and goldfish (which we pretty much filled up on...woops)...

Then we played a little bit of Scattergories and Jenga! I haven't played Jenga in such a long time...and I'm still just as bad as I remember! And no, that is not my arm :)

Alyssa and I started on dinner.

Our site :) don't ask what I'm doing...because I have no idea!

Alyssa and Eric put their veggies (yellow zucchini, mushrooms, onions) in tinfoil as well as their chicken! They weren't sure if it was going to work...but it did! It was perfect!

Francis and I BBQ'd our chicken...and roasted our new BC potatoes, sweet potatoes and onions in tinfoil on the grill...topped with some thyme, salt and spray oil.

Everything was SO good! I think your senses are definitely heightened when you eat outside because everything smells and tastes so much better!

Eric and Alyssa brought red wine that was leftover from their wedding (which we went to last weekend on Pender Island), so we had that for an afternoon cocktail and with dinner :) It is such great wine. It is very mild and smooth yet it doesn't lack flavour and has no aftertaste! It's perfect!

Alyssa and Eric chowing down! I'm so happy we brought tinfoil because we didn't have any dishes after dinner :) Gotta love that!

Francis cleaning the grill!

Immediately after dinner Eric and I went for a dip (he sort of dared me to...so I had to...), got changed into some warm clothes and then snuggled in by the fire and made s'mores. I didn't take any pictures because, obviously, I was way to excited about them! So excited that I happily chowed down on 4. My my my...

After that we set up our table for a game of Cranium! Eric and Alyssa had never played before so it was a lot of fun!

We turned it in around 11:00 pm because we were all exhausted!

We went to sleep with the sound of this rushing river...it was really relaxing!

We all got up around 7:00 am after a pretty decent sleep! I put on the coffee and we sat around the fire and chit chatted before we started on breakfast (which took around an hour or so to make)!

We made bacon, sausages, banana oatmeal pancakes, courtesy of Alyssa (I am going to ask her for the recipe because they were amazing), eggs, toast and fruit salad. HOLY!!

It was interesting trying to cook everything on our tiny grill and trying to keep it warm! But we did well with what we had and it all worked out just fine!

The grub...which we almost completely ate! The boys were starvin' marvins. Eric was pacing back and fourth at one point because he was so hungry! It was quite cute...luckily they didn't have to wait too long!

My plate :) 2 small banana oatmeal pancakes, 1 egg and some fruit salad! It was delicious!

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Why hello there cutie pie!

We packed up our stuff right after breakfast and headed home. It was sad to leave but it was wonderful while we were there! We all had a great time and I think will be going back very soon :)a