Monday, August 27, 2012

Oregon coast with friends

For the last week, our family joined three others for seven days on the Oregon coastline at Lincoln City. Sam and Jen came from Spokane with Toby and Robin, Jono and Anastasia came from Brooklyn with Lionel and Sabatino, and Chris and Trudy came from Ann Arbor with Miles and Jules. If you're counting, that's 8 adults, 9 kids, 3 being our girls, the rest little boys, and so 17 bodies.

Highlights include a walk with Jono and his kite on his last day, a talk with Trudy about reading books, Stephanie's amorous return from a margarita pitcher at Lee's, a wedding surprise on the group's last night with rice and dancing, distracting nauseous kids on a winding road by singing Sailing by Christopher Cross and Jump by Kris Kross, Sophie's luminous joy climbing rock formations at the Devil's Punchbowl, playing Cards Against Humanity in what counted as late nights, talking with Sophie and Lionel about reading assignments on our way back from a waterfall hike, reading Three Robbers to Robin and Jules and especially to Sabatino who kept calling me Steve, a bicycle ride down the coastline on a sunny morning by myself, but otherwise and above all, being together with such good people.

Lowlights include running through a river and continuing to pound out miles of shore until a blister grew on my soggy skin, and a toenail popping off. 

Jono and Anastasia
Robin
On a bike ride
On a bike ride
Jono at the batting cage, Sonny at left
Sabatino
Drift Creek Falls (see Amelia?)
Maisie near Devil's Punchbowl
Jules near Devil's Punchbowl
Maisie at Devil's Punchbowl
Sophie and Maisie at Devil's Punchbowl
Jen and Robin at Devil's Punchbowl 
Sophie, Maisie and Amelia at Devil's Punchbowl
Sophie and Amelia in Sam's kayaks on Devils Lake
Sam, Amelia and others at the world's best skatepark
Amelia on wheels
Robin and Sam at Lil Sambos 
Jono and Sam juggling pins
Anastasia and Jono pelted with rice
Impromptu dance party
Cutting the Safeway sheet cake

Top: Jono, Anastasia, Chris, Trudy, Jules
Bottom: Sophie, Stephanie, Maisie, Lionel, Amelia, Toby, David, Sam, Jen, Robin
Jen, Anastasia, Trudy, Stephanie, Sophie, Maisie, Amelia
Jono, Lionel, Toby, Sam, Robin, Chris, David
Jono, Anastasia, Robin, Sam, Jen, Stephanie, Sophie, Chris, Maisie, Trudy, Jules,
Lionel, Toby, Amelia, David