camping close to Seattle

Just got back from a one night jaunt with Finn (5 yrs old) and another dad and his daughter. There are an amazing number of overnight places very close to seattle well catalogued here: Camping Near Cle Elum Along I-90. We started off to go to Fish Lake, but when faced with 15 miles on bumpy dirt switchbacks we opted for Cooper Lake instead. Amazing. Beautiful mountain lake with a small number of hike in campsites. Fishing (no didn’t catch anything) and nice day hike. Next time I will bring a canoe. The only downside was the morning when the thermostat said 36 degrees. After two casts Finn said “I can’t feel my hands” so being the alert dad, I packed up camp and we went into Rosalyn to have french toast and eggs. Guess it is the end of summer for real now.