We went camping and riding in Florence for Memorial Day weekend. The weather turned out to be perfect for most of the weekend which was wonderful. We are so tired of the rain we were glad to get some much needed sunshine. Here are some highlights of our weekend:
Our group on the beach taking a break & enjoying the beautiful weather.
The water had such a beautiful blue-green color to it. Haven't seen the water so beautiful and calm in a long time. Almost felt like it wasn't the Oregon coast!
Climbing the hills are fun.
The little energizer bunny never stops. He doesn't back down from any challenge.
Sometimes climbing hills doesn't work out so well. He didn't quite make it up the hill and got himself wedged against a tree stump. Of course I took photos instead of helping get him unstuck. I'm helpful like that!
The energizer bunny up close. Such concentration on his face.
There is nothing the kids love more than jumping.
Nick's friend Riley is just as brave as Nick is.
Gabi is not to be outdone by the boys.
She shows no fear on a quad, but bicycles are scary. Go figure.
The boy can jump! Look at that air.
I love the little humps of sand all over covered by sand grasses. Very cool.
Love the yellow scotch bloom (or is that Scott's Bloom?) It was all over the place and blooming like crazy. Such a bright yellow. It was pretty.
We rode in the annual poker run which is always a blast. A poker run involves riding around trying to find different checkpoints. You then draw a card for every checkpoint you find and attempt to create a great poker hand from your cards. Prizes are awarded for highest hand and lowest hand. We never seem to draw very good hands, but we scored on the raffle drawing. We purchased 8 tickets and won 5 things. Not bad! 2 of our prizes were the matching yellow hats. We won them at different times. What are the odds of actually winning matching hats?
One of our favorite places to ride. There is a quiet secluded lake set back on some awesome trails. It is always so beautiful back there. We always mention how we'd like to go swimming there sometime.
You can access the lake from a short hike at the campground too, but riding the quads there is so much more fun!
Nick almost went swimming here - quad and all. He hit some tracks when riding around the edge of the water (About halfway up on the photo) and they caused him to bounce and head straight for the water. He barely stopped in time. It was a little scary for my poor heart. It's fairly steep and I wasn't sure how we would have gotten him out of there, but luckily that boy has some serious skills and prevented a major catastrophe! You can see the tracks I'm talking about. They are on the right hand side of the photo in the upper 3rd of the photo. They look like 2 lines heading from the top straight down to the water. Then the little squiggly lines along side the water are from him taking off and getting out of there. I think we'll leave this area alone until some of the water disappears again!
This is Oz. The boxer who thinks he's a lap dog. He's pretty cute but seriously thinks he fits in your lap like he did when he was a puppy. Did I mention he weighs around 70 pounds? Good thing he's so cute!
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