House Boat Rocks

Recently got to go on a trip with a friend from work.  Her parents own a house boat out near the coast on Lake Tahkenitch.  It was so beautiful and as with the other pictures, these just don't do it justice.  Spent the evening canoeing around the lake, got to see some beavers which was exciting (I know, but it really is the little things that I get most excited about).  

This is the view from their front deck.

Views from around the lake.

This is their house boat.

Probably some more hippies.

Sand dunes out near Florence.

Texas On My Mind

I had said that I would post pictures that we took on our trip home this past March.  Here they are (did I mention about procrastination?)

Fun times at Orlando's......sharing wine and dessert is always a good idea.

I miss this girl bunches, just remember how dog friendly it is up here.....be a good place for the kiddoes :)

Momma pictures

I hadn't realized just how much Josh's hair had grown out until I started putting these pictures up, really is getting to be a long haired hippie

Now time for kiddoes.....so excited to see you all next month!

Fun times at the farm.

Beer, shooting guns for no apparent reason, and naked babies in the horse trough swimming pool....we're not redneck at all

Only thing I'm missing pictures of is home in Round Rock, don't know how I did that, though I think Mama was taking pictures on her phone, or maybe Molly's.  Had a great time though and miss you all.

We had a very quiet but enjoyable Christmas just the two of us (and three kitties, who were very helpful on saving us from the discarded wrapping paper that was obviously going to destroy us if they hadn't destroyed it first).

Just a few pictures of the festivities.

Took us a while to work a good placement for the camera and work on timing it just right.  These are the best attempts.

And we were fortunate enough to find a place that made decent tamales.  One thing that is definitely lacking here is good Tex-Mex food.  Apparently people here melt if they taste even a hint of spice, and everyone is always warning us "watch out that's spicy".......which is never true.  

It's not spicy unless you're eyes are watering and snot's running down your face.  

Way Back Camping Trip

So, been a long time since we put up blog posts I know, but here I am trying to play catch up.......what can I say I'm pretty good at procrastination.  Also, Josh just left for a 9 day backpacking trip with some guys from work and I'm already bored and trying to figure out stuff I can catch up on while he's gone; does not bode well for the next 8 days.  I digress, here goes....

We went on a camping trip some time ago on the suggestion of a co-worker.  The place is called Silver Falls and is a loop hike with 10 falls interspersed along the way.  Really pretty hike (I haven't really found one yet that is not really pretty).  

This was our campsite.  One of the biggest complaints we had about the site was that the campsites were right on top of one another and we happened to pick a weekend where a whole big group of cyclists were doing a big trip so we were surrounded by cyclists nerds the whole evening/night.  Not that I have anything against cyclists, and at least they're not big on getting drunk and yelling all night.  But they did meander from site to site and tell rousing cyclists jokes and fawn over each other's gear a lot.  

Below is our lovely attempt at a campfire.  I don't know if you know this, but Oregon's got a lot of rain.  And  moisture.  So much so that even camp wood sold as "dry" tends to leave something lacking.  And mostly makes for a smoldering campfire rather than a roaring one.  Spent the entire evening playing musical chairs trying to get out of the smoke.

We did occasionally see some flames.

And it worked well enough to cook our tasty foil dinners.

Below are some pictures from our lovely hike.  Of course the pictures never do the scenery justice.

A little video featuring one of the larger falls on the hike.

The park is next to town called Silverton.  Really cool little town, actually looked at some jobs there.  They had a house by Frank Lloyd Wright (The Gordon House) relocated there that we got to tour.  Was a pretty cool visit.