This is how I spent a great couple days near Winthrop, WA this past weekend.  Our group of brave adults decided a real camping trip would be just the thing we all needed and so we hauled most of our belongings along with our dogs and children (all under 3) to the "wilds" of the North Cascades.  Thanks to Marel for putting those consulting skills to work and creating a project plan for the outing – we would have been lost without it.  Not a lot of sleep and a lot of chasing (dogs and kids) but we had a really good time.  Stopped off in Leavenworth on the way up for a brat and beer at the Munchen Haus with our entire entourage (if you were there on Friday, my apologies).  We rounded out the trip with a return via the Methow Valley and North Cascades highway – amazing scenery.