Vacation part 3 of 3 - Camp Chetco

T's aunt and uncle who own an Inn on the Chetco River were nice enough to let us invade thier place for a long weekend. That is 10 families and with each cousin having at least one child you can probably imagine the chaos and fun that was involved. There was kayaking, tie die, family olympics, puppy Cody and the ultimate best of the worst beer taste off (PBR or Hamms). Winner is ... PBR! Fun was had by all.
Pictures are:
The siblings that bring us together.
All the kids of the cousins.
Playing on the river.
The winning Family Olympics Team.
Rafting.
Napping Monkey.
Best of the worst taste off.
Cody.

Vacation part 2 of 3 - Dining with the King of Jordan

We spent a night at the Benbow Inn on our way to Oregon. We noticed when we arrived that there were police with dogs checking out the place. The next morning the hotel was full of activity. There were half a dozen motorcycle cops and a couple of cruisers, secret service, so I finally asked what was going on. They told me the King of Jordon was staying there, and I wondered if it was just what they say to curious hotel guests. We hung out on the front deck just long enough to hear one of his peeps asking about a map and they informed him that it was Silverado Trail and it leads to the town of Calistoga (what a small world - the Napa Register did confirm that he visited Napa). We went to breakfast and 20 minutes in a phone beeps, the people in the tables around us get up as a line of people file in and the King falls out and signals everyone down. Turns out he was on a motorcyle tour of the west coast. Little did we know the dining room was infiltrated with his peeps, and once we knew we did notice that they were all openly packing heat. Not the most calming effect for a family with a crying baby, neither of us dared reach for the camera. He did seem very relaxed in his jeans and t-shirt.

Vacation part 1 of 3 - The Beach House

The first part of our trip was at a beach house in Mendocino County with my family. A fun house with awesome views of the ocean and fun blue stairs that led to an outdoor deck and a room in the attic (smarty pants dubbed it her "home"). We played on the beach, on wii fit and learned how to play Mah Jong. The first morning we woke up to a constant flow of fire trucks (at least 30 or so) headed north to fight fires. Our wine selection wasn't bad either.

Happy 4th

Leave it to "big" T to point out the irony with the free flags the city was handing out!