July 25-27 Barlow Creek campsite

Well, we decided to go camping with some of our friends up around Timothy Lake, about 20 miles south of Mt. Hood, OR, and about an hour east of Portland. While it was a scenic drive, all of the campgrounds were full around the lake, and the surrounding areas. Leslie grew up camping in the area, so we followed her around until we found a beautiful spot next to Barlow Creek. We had a great time, and spent the next couple of days exploring Clear Lake and even made a tourist run up to Timberline Lodge. Sean & Sharon & family, Leslie & Jonathan & family, Aaron & Susan & family, Irene & family plus various other guest kids.



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4th of July at Longbeach WA (repeat!)

Well, here we are again at Longbeach again. Actually, we are in Ilwaco, which is about 5 minutes south of Longbeach, staying at the KOA. Things are going well, except for a few ants that decided to hitch a ride in our trailer. Our good friends Aaron and Susan have joined us, and are trying out their new (to them) classic 1973 Apache hard sided pop up trailer. Very cool unit. My sister and her husband Peter will be showing up shortly for some tent camping alongside. It should be a beautiful fireworks display on the beach tonight. Kyle tested out his new wetsuit a couple of times in the surf, said it worked pretty well!