*Mt. Hood camping trip July 4th
*Trip to MN to see Jen's family
*Eli learning to ride his bike!
*Family road trip to Crater Lake, Oregon Caves and the Redwoods, along with a trip to see Andy's college buddy in Redding
*Ben learning to swim!
Mt. Hood camping trip:
Wandering the trails above Timberline Lodge
View towards Mt. Jefferson
Zigzag Falls
Fun at the campsite
View from top of Lookout Mountain hike
The boys built this rock fire pit in a matter of 10 or 15 minutes
View of Timber line roof looking towards Mt. Jefferson
Frog Lake
Trip to Minnesota July 14th to 23rd
We all visited Itasca State Park (Headwaters of the Mississippi River)
climbed the fire tower lookout
and had a string windstorm come through at 2AM one night, taking down numerous trees in the area.
Eli learned to ride his bike
Crater Lake/ Oregon Caves/ Redwoods/ Redding trip
Salt Creek Falls wayside along the drive to Diamond Lake
We all went for a nice bike ride part way around the lake.
Mt Thielsen in the distance
Mt. Bailey overlooking Diamond Lake (fireweed in the foreground)
First peak at Crater Lake from the North Entrance Road
We hiked down to the water at Cleetwood Cove
The boys and I got our feet wet
But, Andy jumped into the 59 degree water for a swim!
The boys with their grumpy faces on the hike back UP!
Along the way we were playing the license plate game. This is progress after 3 days. At the end we had all but 5 states: WV, NH, MD, RI, and VT
We hiked to the top of Watchman Lookout for a great view!
Visiting the Upper Rogue and Natural Bridge area on the way to Grants Pass
Oregon Caves tour
View from above the caves
Junior Rangers swearing in...
Crescent City area and Redwoods/ Enderts Beach
To cap off the trip, we spent 2 days in Redding with Joe, Jill, Stella and Gabby. It was hot, but fun. Luckily, they have a pool. Ben learned to swim there!
Some oral surgery for Jen this week, then back to school for her next week for prep/meetings. Labor Day we have a trip to Sun River planned, then back to school for boys and Jen!
