June 23

The tides are very low today and tomorrow. You can walk out serveral hundred yards to see critters that are usually under 3 to 6 feet of water.









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We also made a trip to Coquille to visit the graves of Don and Ann Smith (Nancy and Pam's parents) and see the old Smith homestead.

June 22

Nora helppppinnnng pAppAAA wiiith ththe blooogg.

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Pam's birthday. More cake and ice cream, yummmmm. Doug and I went crabbing and caught four nice ones and everyone else shopped in downtown Bandon.

Cleaning more crabs.

June 22 Father's Day

. . . . . . . . . . . . Left to Right . . . . . . . . Katie, Matt, Ginger, Bud, Nancy, Nora, Pam, Beth, Doug and Emily

Matt, Katie, Nora and Ginger explore the tide pools just north of the cabin.


It was a great day.

June 21

38 years ago today, Nancy let me cut in line behind her at registration for summer school in college.

Matt, Doug and I went crabbing and caught 5 legal dungeness crabs. The fun part is out on the water and cracking the crab is a bit messy.

June 20

Uncle Doug and Nora admiring the sunset.

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Auntie Pam, Beth, Emily and Nora through the window

June 19 Bandon

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Face Rock (top)


We have been going to Bandon for 21 years. Now that the children are older and have other obligations, they may be here for the full week, a couple of days or try to make it next year.

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This year David and Sherry could not make it. We did have Doug, Pam ( Nancy's sister), Beth, Emily, Matt, Katie, Nora, Nancy and yours truly. This place is beautiful.



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Dog Rock (below)

June 18

Nancy and I were getting ready to head down to Bandon, Oregon Friday.

David and Sherry invited us up to Scappoose for an early Father's Day dinner and to share their pictures from their trip to Mexico.

June 16

The day to day activities have been pretty mundane. Adjusting the irrigation system, mowing the lawn, weeding the garden ......






Today my friend Mark and I went back to the Columbia Gorge to take some pictures.

Mark's web site

We had a great field trip! I tried some new settings on my camera. A couple were even successful.