Candy, Bill and I camped at the Bay City Park (Al Griffin Memorial Park, named after my dad) which became the gathering place for our first official "Griffin Family Reunion." Terry and Diane did a beautiful job of keeping the monument at the park looking beautiful by planting flowers and by keeping it weeded.
Al Griffin Memorial Park
Our trailer
Candy in front of our trailer
Candy by the memorial holding a carton of freshly picked blackberries :-)
Candy took these fresh berries and made a yummy blackberry crumble!
We had fawn visitors near our campsite!
They were so beautiful and curious.
We spent some time at Terry and Diane's house visiting. They had some gorgeous flowers at their house!
Terry built their wonderful greenhouse!
Terry showed us some of his latest masonry work. He is such an artist!
He told us the adventures of moving some of these tremendously heavy rocks!
Diane and Bill
Terry in his greenhouse
One of their beautiful old fashioned roses
Terry's gorgeous masonry project!
Chris picked us a bouquet of wild honeysuckle for our camp site :-).
Chris and Bill
Evening campfire
More pictures at Terry and Diane's (Bill and Diane)
Terry, Candy, Diane, Bill
Terry, Candy, Diane, Becky
Bill, Candy and I made a trip to Terry and Diane's other property. This is a very old house on the property.
A neighbor kitty
Huckleberries!
We all made a great trip to the beach at Cape Meares. The first thing we saw was these two bald eagles in the bay.
We all had SUCH a fun time looking for agates on the beach!
Bev and Chris
Chris
Tonya and Candy
Anne and Matt (Chris and Elyse in the background)
Candy and Chris
Elyse
Bill and Chris
Paul and Elizabeth
Elyse and Matt
I took this picture of our group.
Bill took this picture of our group.
Bill and Becky
Paul and Elizabeth
Paul and Elizabeth
Elyse, Tonya, Candy, Chris
Elyse, Tonya
Bill, Anne & Maizie
Anne and Maizie
Elizabeth and Bill
Candy and Paul
Paul took another picture of our group on the beach.
Chris and Bev
My beach treasures
Bill & Becky
We had a picnic at Bay Ocean
We all enjoyed walking out toward Crab Harbor
Juvenile swallow
Oyster boat
Looking toward Garibaldi
Gathering oysters
Heading back to our cars
Elyse
Anne and Matt
Tonya, Elyse, Candy
Bev's beautiful dahlias
Avocado toast, a favorite breakfast!
The next day we visited family grave sites. These are the graves of my mom and dad.
Becky and Candy
Matt and Anne
Megan & Andy's family
Our group at the cemetery (taken by Bill)
(taken by Becky)
We all laughed and cried as we told stories and shared fond memories of my mom and dad.
Candy did such a wonderful job of bringing us all together and facilitating memorable experiences.
Our family members at the graves of Bill's mom and Dad A special moment
We spent a few moments at the nearby graves of our great grandparents as well.
After visiting graves, we spent time at the Tillamook County Fair!
Candy, Bev and an old schoolmate in the background (Stan Arthur)
It was such a delight looking at displays. I hadn't done this in years!
A table made of nuts and bolts!
Anne, Matt, Candy
Gorgeous quilts
Beautiful art
I loved this fun quilt!
Bill and I took a minute for ourselves at twin rocks where we lived when we first met.
It was a beautiful evening!
Fun and cheerful bouquets at our campsite
Another day we hiked the trail at Kilchis Point. Emden showed us this fun "free mini library!"
Our group is gathering
Chris and Bill
Hiking the beautiful trail
Pearl and Kate
Candy and Kate
Chris, Bev, Bill and Pearl
Chris showed us how to make loud popping noises with wide blades of grass (an old childhood trick :-).
Coral mushrooms
Learning about the mushrooms on our phones
The trail ends at the Tillamook Bay
Pearl and Kate
Bev
Emden
Chris and Bill
Chris and Pearl
Kate and Pearl
Back at camp, someone is tired!
Our whole group!
Spending our last day together
Matt, Anne
Emden, Cici
Megan, Kate
Diane, Terry
Our display (Dad's WWII uniform, Mom's embroidery, and various genealogy displays)
Cici and Anson
My siblings: Candy, Terry, Chris and me (Becky)
Chris and Bev 
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