Family Fun at the Little Northfork of the Santiam Rive, 2017!

 We had most of our children and grandchildren with us this day.

 Megan and Jane

 Julie

 Oliver

 Luke

 Anne and Maizie

 We always set up canopies to have a little shade from the hot afternoon sun.

 Charlotte

 Jesse

 Bill

 Megan and Jane

 Anne and Will, our two oldest

 Matt, Anne, Will

 Oliver

 AJ

 Maggie and Rhys

 Billy

 Our yummy picnic

 Papa and little Pearl

This was the first time at the river for Pearl and Rhys, our two youngest grandchildren.

 Jane

 Having a good time!

 Happy, happy boy!

 The many faces of our little Jane!

 Such a character!

 Cousins Jesse and Drew catching crawdads.

 Jane's not sure what to think

 Luke with a crawdad

 So serious!

 That's more like it!

 Someone loves his older cousin!

 Oliver

 This is a beautiful swimming hole that accommodates many people.

 Anne and Megan

 Drew and Paul

 This was a particularly popular day, but there was room for everyone :-).

 Drew, Kate

 Paul chasing Drew

 Kate

 Funny faces...haha!

 Jesse and Charlotte

 Luke and Jesse

 AJ

 Elizabeth

 Papa and Rhys

Will and his little niece Pearl

Camping at Seal Rock, 20117

 Seal Rock has been one of our favorite spots to camp over the years.

 Gull prints

 There was an exceptionally low tide, so we saw more tide pools than we normally do!

 Great Blue Heron

 Harbor Seal near the shore

 Gorgeous sea stars

 My very fun husband!

 We made a side trip to Yaquina Head, another favorite spot.

 This is looking north of Devils Punchbowl. We decided to go down to this beach.

 Due to a very low tide, we explored inside the punchbowl, not a safe thing to do when the tide starts to come in!

 Tide pools just outside the punchbowl

 Looking down into the Devil's Punchbowl; this is a spectacular sight at high tide on a stormy day as the ocean shoots up through this formation!

 Beautiful colors!

 A shell fossil

Whale watching at Depot Bay

Covered Bridges

 We took one of our granddaughters to a nearby covered bridge.

 She loved it! Such determination in her walk :-).

 Someone wants Papa's hat.

 Threre's no stopping her!

 She sees someting she wants.

 She's got Papa's dog tags.

 Happy girl!

Making sweet memories.