Winchester Bay, Oregon

Well, we have been in Winchester Bay for eleven days and the crabbing has been awful. Last year we stayed here only eight days and we got over 150 legal-size crab, plenty to eat, freeze and can. This year, after having the crab traps out for ten days, we haven't even caught 40 legal-size crab. What a difference! Lots of little ones, females and seaweed but we had to throw all those back in. But the socializing has been fun and food at the potlucks has been great...just not many crab dishes.

We pulled the traps out this afternoon, will be cleaning up and packing up tomorrow and plan on leaving on Friday. We will take a relatively slow drive down to Coarsegold and should arrive at Park Sierra on Sunday.

The pictures are various shots of the area and the intrepid mariners. The last one is of Ken showing Janice what kind of boat and RV setup he wants. Can't catch crab, may as well dream!

Ain't life grand!

The Lady Awakens

We purchased this amaryllis as a bulb about seven years ago and it has survived all the subsequent traveling we have done. It blooms once a year, every year and seems to be getting bigger all the time. By the time it is finished it will have four big beautiful red trumpets. The last trumpet will come out after we get to the coast. After it goes dormant again we will finally have to split the bulb. Then we'll have two of these beautiful flowers.

We will be leaving for Winchester Bay, OR tomorrow for about two weeks of hopefully productive crabbing and socializing with friends. We are really looking forward to having fresh crab every day!

Visit to Portland...Oregon

Cecile and I took a well-deserved break from the Pegs and Jokers creative studios and went up to see our son B and his wife K. They just bought a house in the Portland area and this was my first visit there. The house is in a great area and should be a perfect place to start their soon to be growing family. We took a tour of the area with K and had lunch at Paradise Bakery, where they have the greatest cookies in the world, while B had to suffer through another law school class. Late in the afternoon we all decided to see a movie, 3:10 to Yuma with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. Cecile and I thought the movie was pretty good.

Grandchildren milestones

During the past week, our grandchildren have achieved several milestones. Our granddaughter CJ had her fifth birthday celebration. Her mom and dad took her and her brother JR to Disneyland for what was described as a wonderful weekend.

Then, if anything could top that, CJ went to her first day of kindergarten and JR had his first day of pre-school. They were both very excited! They grow up so fast!

Ain't life grand!