Bandon, Oregon

When we got home we found our cactus from

Ridgecrest in bloom.  I thought it took years to

get a blossom.  It only lasts one day, so it was 

amazing we were there to see it

Three days home and then off to 

Bandon, Oregon

 The weather was great

Sunny and calm in the mornings

and some days it would pick up wind

in the evenings, but other nights were 

calm also

 We had a couple fires with 

 Smore's

 Pretty view from the deck of the cabin

 and games.
The big kids played KanJam on the Beach

 the little kids explored the beach with Auntie Amy 

and Peyton

 Amy, Andrew, Cade, and Claire

 Brooke, Chris, Ellie, and Pete

 More climbing

 and exploring

 The FBI watching over things

 The log is about 4 feet of the ground

 and about 10 ft long 

 caves to explore

We had great weather so we could be out

on the beach every day before lunch and 

after lunch and again in the evenings. 

The one day it rained we explored 

Old Town Bandon and the 

Face Rock Creamery

Good Times!!  Can't wait 'til 2020!

Ellie turns 7

After our Curlew and MarDon fishing trip

we came home for three days to celebrate

the 4th of July and most importantly

Ellie's 7th Birthday

 We went to the Museum of Flight in Seattle

 The kids loved anything they could get into

 In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the 

Apollo Moon Walk they had an exhibit about it

Not too much fun for the little ones but us older

kids remembered it all too well

 Back to Ellie's house for the presents

and the disaster

 then cake

and candles

 Ellie chose the colors, helped decorate

and ate it.  She didn't eat all of this that night

but got the rest for breakfast the next day

Flour, Eggs, milk  what more do you need?

Happy 7th Birthday, Ellie!!

MarDon

MarDon RV Park at Potholes

 Our view from the campsite

 Beautiful Sunsets

 Just like at Curlew we woke up to sunny and warm

Then the wind would pick up and then rain.

But not nearly as often as at Curlew

 After the guys figured out what the fish wanted 

they caught the big ones

Storm coming in

I was pretty lax in my picture taking Sorry!!

Curlew

On the way to Curlew with Walt's brothers,

Don & Tom & wives, and two other couples

 we stopped in Wenatchee 

 Then on to Curlew Lake.

In the afternoons it clouded up and rained then
the sun would come out and we would get

these incredible rainbows

 Too big to get the whole thing so I had to go to pano

on the phone.  A double full rainbow

 The lake

 The Columbia River on the way to MarDon RV Park

in Potholes

 Grand Coulee Dam

and the river behind the dam

And on to MarDon