OREGON Part 3

It's a rare occasion when you can get a bunch of Garrison's all together at the same time beings that we all live in differen't states, but while we were in Oregon, not only did we have Greg and Dawna and their 2 kids there, but Grandpa, Grandma along with Aunt Dayna and two of Grandma's sisters - Gayle and Karen were there too. We decided to have a big barbeque at our camp site. It was a lot of fun and the kids were easily entertained with the playground and the grownups enjoyed telling fun stories of the past.

The highlight of going to Oregon in the kids' minds is playing in the warehouse at Mattress World. They woke up several mornings at the crack of dawn so they could make the 45-minute trek into Clackamas to work with Mark. This was one time that waking teenagers up early was no problem!

Going to the coast and touring Battery Russell was something the kids had never done even though they have been to Oregon a ton. This was fun and they enjoyed wandering in and out of the abandoned buildings where the navy once patrolled and protected the NorthWest Coast during the onset of World War 2.



Going out to the Jetty and driving the truck down onto the beach was pretty cool!



As boys growing up on the farm in Olney, Mark and Kirk use to take their boat and travel on the slew behind their house that traveled the distance to the ocean in Astoria. They would trap animals, fish or just mess around like boys do. I've told Mark several times that our boys have no daily adventures that could ever match up to what he and his brother use to do. Mark and Kirk decided it would be fun to take their boys on a boat ride on the slew and create a memory for the boys to share with their memories of the slew.

And there you have it, a 3-part blogging on our Oregon Summer Adventure 2009. UNTIL NEXT YEAR!!!!!