Beneath the Wraps

          All three of the boys have said they would come visit – though only two have made it.  Randy brought his family over Memorial weekend last year. This year Tony said he would leave Salt Lake after Jaime ’ s graduation.  He left on the forth. They came by way of California so that they could see the Redwoods.  We did not realize that we lived so close. We had suggested to them that they could stop at the Vortex on the way here – but by the time they got there, it was almost time to close.  And then the GPS led them some funky way.  For they were only forty minutes out but took to hours to get to us.         They chose not to stay with us as their middle child is allergic to dogs.   Though we did put Bonnie in the kennel on Monday morning, Liz still has allergies.   She remembered having been there before and was quite excited about her stay.   Jaime was not excited.   The...

                 Our longest driving day was taking the family to Bandon.   It was also the coolest day as Bandon is always 10 – 20 degrees cooler than Myrtle Creek.              We arrived earlier than normal as the shops had not quite opened all the way.   We walked around the tourist trap next to the pier.   We showed them a couple of sculptures outside of the Washed Ashore museum.  Before we left the house I had looked up the hours but read they would not be open until July.   However there was indication that they would be open later that day.   We forgot to return to see.                    The trolley wasn’t running and so we drove to many of the places where the trolley had taken us. The baby was asleep when we arrived at the beach and so Carrie, Randy, and Jenna explored a bit on their own.    Devan had go...