Dawn’s Disney Birthday

For Dawn’s 40th birthday she wanted to go to Disneyland. Disneyland is her favorite place on Earth and I couldn’t tell her no (not that she would take no for answer anyhow). We spent nearly a week in Anaheim visiting with the Mouse and friends. Dawn has a lot of friends and family that love …

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The Polar Express

We took Hayden and his friend Claira to see Santa on the Polar Express. This year we boarded the Polar Express in Centralia. We all had fun except for Dawn who thought Santa looked a little ghetto this year. At any rate, the kids liked it. We went to the Country Cousin Family Restaraunt afterwards. …

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Columbia River Gorge – Camping and exploring with Hayden – Multnomah Falls – Oneonta Gorge – Stonehenge at Maryhill – Gorge Discovery Center – Rowena Crest – Hood River Pipeline Trail – Panorama Point – Bonneville Fish Hatchery

Hayden and I spent the weekend at the Gorge exploring and doing a little camping. Our first stop after the long drive was Multnomah Falls. We mainly were just there for a bathroom break but I couldn’t resist taking a few pictures while we were there.

Kauai Trip – March 14-22 2010

Spent the week (and my birthday!) in Kauai with family. Lots of R&R, boogie boardin’ hiking’ and ATVing. Had a blast. This was my third trip to the Garden Isle. Kauai is probably the only place in the world that I feel homesick for other than home. Of course if I lived there and had …

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Fort Worden with Hayden

This was Dawn’s birthday and she celebrated by going scrapbooking with her friends. I had just purchased a new camera and wanted to try it out, plus I had not been out with Hayden for a while. This wasn’t really a hike but we had fun nonetheless playing around on the beach and checking out …

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Mima Mounds

Hayden and I drove down south of Olympia near the town of Littlerock to check out these weird mounds that I read about online. The weather started to turn right as we arrived so we did not walk any of the trail but we did walk to the observation platform. While the geology is very …

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Guillemot Cove

Hayden and I took a hike at Guillemot cove. It was not as cold this year as it was last year about the same time when we hiked it. The people who maintain this trail have a lot of work to do as the lower section down past the bridge is part of Boyce Creek …

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