Sun and Sand and |Kites

This was a wonderful day in every way.

Beautiful Sunset at Canon Beach in Oregon

I took about 18 pictures so it is hard to choose which ones to post.

Sumpter Train

This is one picture of the wonderful little train that runs all around the restaurant.

Baker City

Baker City Interpretative center. Three of the many pictures I took.

How to make a morning FLY!!

Wednesday September 12/2012 How to make a morning fly!! Get up, have breakfast and then gather kites etc and head for the beach. Make sure it is a beautiful sunny day with just enough wind. Then get out your delta kite and get it up quickly and easily. The beautiful day draws you to the water so you go in and paddle around for awhile. You are a little wet so you decide to get out your new prisim kite and fly it while you dry off. It misbehaves a little but you consider it a challenge and you have fun with it. Next you get out the crazy box kite that you have never flown before. It has knotted strings and it is very complicated. You spend almost an hour figuring it out and assembling it. Then you finally get it to fly after several adjustments. You look at your watch and discover it is after one… you have made a morning fly!! That is how we spent our morning. We returned to the rig and had lunch before we headed for Astoria. It was an unbelievably day. We headed for the Astoria Column. It is a special monument made to commemorate to completion of the railroad. It is really a beautiful structure. We took a lot of pictures and then we went into the city. It is small but seems to have everything including three museums. We will have to return one day. We did some shopping, returned to camp, had another wiener roast and called it a day. Tomorrow early we will head north .We will spend Thursday night in Marysville and then back to Abbotsford and reality on Friday.

We are at the Safeway store in Astoria, I could cut and paste my journal but will not be able to post pictures until we get home on the weekend. Having a grand time.

Tuesday September 11/2012

Tuesday September 11/2012 We got all hooked up and decided to make one last visit to the beach. It was beautiful again. We walked along the tide line and then went down to the next entrance instead of returning the way we came. Once back at out rig we did a final check and headed out. This was about eleven o’clock and so we decided to have lunch at Fort Stevens, our destination. We met a lot of construction and several flaggers so the 40 mile trip took almost 2 hours. But it was a beautiful day and the drive and the stops along the ocean were enjoyed. We are at a very nice site here and after getting settled we had lunch and drove to the shore. This place is on a spit of land and on one side is the Pacific Ocean and on the other side is the Columbia River. The wind was very strong but that did not stop the Para sailors. We climbed high into the dunes, out of the wind and watched them fly and land their kites. It is an amazing skill and I am sure youth and fitness are requirements. We drove around and stopped for photos at several spots. Then we returned to the rig and Ken built a very nice fire. We had a wiener roast and a nice glass of red wine for supper. We got out a 3 year old bag of marshmallows and when we opened it we discovered that they don’t keep all that well. Even unopened they were sticky and not at all appealing. They went to the garbage. We called it a night and went off to bed. Another grand day.