On July 7, I picked up Nick at the Eugene airport for a 5 day stay with us. It was great to see Nick, do fun stuff, and take a break from working around the house.
The weather was about perfect for his whole stay. We stopped at Haceta Head Lighthouse on the way to Yachats.
Nick here, looking for one of his unique angles on things.
The next day we hiked at Cape Perpetua and spotted several clusters of Indian Pipe. This plant lacks chlorophyll so gets its nutrients by parasitizing certain fungi.
Where's Nick?
We learned that Nick is quite the pole vaulter!
We went to Strawberry Hill Beach on another day where Nick found this whale sculpture.
Gail spotted three river otters making their way along a cliff towards the ocean. Nick was able to get some good video on his cell phone shooting through our binoculars. On my phone, this is the best I could do. The parent otter in the center of this picture had just found a large crab in no time at all and took it up the rocks where it shared it with the two youngsters. We watched them for around 15 minutes or so.
Just hangin' around.
It turned out that there were a couple otters in our swimming hole back home. Nick and I had a nice float in our tubes. Later in the afternoon on Nick's last day, Lorie and Brian came down to see Nick and have a patio dinner with us.
Daisy instantly recognized Nick on his arrival, and welcomed him back to the pack.
We had a pleasant dinner at the Drift Inn. (Notice that my hands continue to grow, unlike the rest of me.)
We miss you Nick!
2 comments:
It was a really great visit! The driftwood was supposed to be a harbor seal :)
Nick's just swingin' like a monkey all over the place! Peekaboo!
That's a wonderful picture of you and Nick, Dad.
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