2009 Nehalem Bay Camping, et al

The first week of August, Tegan was at camp and Connor spent some time with Grammi & Papa and his Bare cousins. So with nothing else to do - Mick and I decided to go camping.

So not really...we wanted to go camping. With a little prior planning - we packed up the camper and Explorer and headed off to Nehalem Bay State Park. Prior planning - we reserved our campsite the week before. We were very luck to find a campsite - but the amazing thing is we got the exact same campsite we had the previous July. Good ole' E-27. Not sure why people don't like it. Maybe because there is a 'sink waste disposal' location near the corner of the site. We didn't mind...though we did camp next to like 50 million people involved in a family reunion or something. I have never heard the 'pay attention to me' crys from kids in my life. We've been camping with lots of little kids - our own and nieces and nephews - and they never act like that. Even with a bike crash - the crying is done in a minute. But not these kids....

50 million people? Well - they asked me to take a few group shots one morning....5 or 6 cameras were handed to me at once. C'mon people! These are digital shots. Share a few electronic bits! You can duplicate them for practically nothing! Or send them all to you best Photoshop guru. He can make sure you are all smiling in those combined shots. Maybe even put Aunt Mabel's head on Uncle Steve's body....

Enough of that talk... We had a great time, Sunday through Wednesday. A little cloudy in the mornings and after 6pm...but in between was blue sky, sun, and mid 60°s. You can't expect much more on the Oregon coast.

Brian. Mick, Yukon (actually looking!) at the bay in Wheeler, Oregon

Mick and Brian - enjoying the beach



Yukon - enjoying the water - far, far away from him



Brian - cooking up some meat!



Campsite E-27 - our home for a few days

Beachgrass and Blue Sky? Or just bliss....

Nothing to see here, move along. Housekeeping note, inserted here for recordkeeping purposes.

August 8th - Yard work #15. We've had 28 days of no rain - I think it rained last Tuesday, Aug 11th to break the streak. I had to mow because some areas of the lawn get the overspray from watering the flowers and do keep growing. And I guess we do water the strip of grass along the driveway. The back yard is pretty much brown, with a little green where the splashes from the blow-up pool help keep it alive. Enjoy it now - the fall rains start in just over two months...