We woke up early Monday morning to drive 10 hours to Washougal, Washington, where we spent a delightful week with Stacie, Andrew, Lydian, and Tristan.
Lydian, Douglas, and Diana exploring the neighborhood around the home of Stacie and Andrew.
Diana, Douglas, Daniel, Penny, and Lydian at Lacamas Park.
Penny at Lacamas Park
Douglas, Lydian, Diana
With my beautiful Sam at Lacamas Park.
Diana enjoying the cold water.
Sam and Penny at Lacamas Park.
Swimming in the Columbia River.
Penny and Tristan at the Columbia River
Sam and Stacie
We built a little fort on the shore of the Columbia River.
Douglas doing some digging.
Tristan and Penny destroying the fort.
Lydian, Penny, Douglas, Diana, and Tristan playing at Cannon Beach.
The wind was freezing at Cannon Beach!
Diana, Tristan, Sam, Douglas, Lydian, and Penny playing in the sand at Cannon Beach.
Andrew and Stacie
Andrew and I tried to stay warm while the kids played in the water. Old men! 😁
Douglas rocking the wind hair.
Diana drawing in the sand.
Sam making sand castles.
Lydian, Andrew, Stacie, Daniel, Penny, Sam, Diana, Douglas, and Tristan at Cannon Beach.
We spent the night at a hotel in Cannon Beach. This cat joined us for breakfast the next morning, trying to warm itself by the fire.
Visiting Fort Stevens State Park.
Douglas, Tristan, Penny, Diana, and Lydian showing their guns at Fort Stevens State Park.
Penny on the big gun.
The whole group at Fort Stevens State Park.
Exploring the windy, misty beach near Fort Stevens State Park.
Diana pointing to a crab on its back.
Sam and Douglas hiking up Beacon Rock on the morning of our last day in Washington.
Diana found some flowers to pick on the way up Beacon Rock.
Diana and I counted our steps all the way down to the bottom of the rock. We took approximately 2079 steps.
Andrew, Danial, Tristan, Penny, Diana, Douglas, and Sam on top of Beacon Rock.
We spent the rest of the afternoon playing "Kick the Can" and other games with the neighborhood kids.
Left to right: Tristan, Wyatt, Douglas, the can, Lydian, Penny, Diana, Noel
Not pictured, but running around somewhere: Paul, Matthew, Anthony
As you can tell, we were in Washington during the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Douglas noted the different license plates we saw during our drive to and from Washington:
Maine 🇺🇸
Idaho 🇺🇸
North Carolina 🇺🇸
Pennsylvania 🇺🇸
Tennessee 🇺🇸
Minnesota 🇺🇸
Indiana 🇺🇸
Michigan 🇺🇸
Utah 🇺🇸
Oregon 🇺🇸
California 🇺🇸
Washington 🇺🇸
Arkansas 🇺🇸
South Carolina 🇺🇸
Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
Illinois 🇺🇸
Florida 🇺🇸
Oklahoma 🇺🇸
Arizona 🇺🇸
New York 🇺🇸
New Mexico 🇺🇸
Nebraska 🇺🇸
Wyoming 🇺🇸
Manitoba, Canada 🇨🇦
Texas 🇺🇸
Nevada 🇺🇸
Wisconsin 🇺🇸
Iowa🇺🇸
Mississippi 🇺🇸
Georgia 🇺🇸
Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Ohio 🇺🇸
Montana 🇺🇸
Colorado 🇺🇸
Virginia 🇺🇸
Kansas 🇺🇸
Alaska 🇺🇸
North Dakota 🇺🇸
Missouri 🇺🇸
Hawaii 🇺🇸
New Jersey 🇺🇸
Thank you, Stacie and Andrew, for hosting us and helping us have a wonderful week in Washougal, Washington!
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