.: Warning: Long Post! Fun filled weekend!

Monday, August 11, 2008

Warning: Long Post! Fun filled weekend!

We had a great time camping at Morro Bay. On the way there, we stopped at famous Andersen's for Split Pea Soup, which quite surprisingly to all of us, was quite good.

We arrived at our campsite around 3:30 and got all set up. The only thing between our campground and the bay was a golf course. The men really hated that! We watched the sunset over the bay and also saw several jellyfish up close washed up on the beach.

Saturday morning, Scott, Wes, Mark, Spencer, Leonard, Jordon, Nathan, and Vince set out for a round of golf. I'm not sure about the other boys, but my boy looked like he was having more fun driving the cart than hitting the ball. Matter of fact it looked like he was speed golfing, so he would have more time to drive. All in all, I think they had a good time.

We took a trolley downtown to Morro Rock Saturday afternoon.

Here's a fun shot of the boys running back to catch the trolley after they had mistakenly decided that they could walk back to town before the trolley came. Run, jump Taylor, you can make it!

We watched otters in the bay, squirrels on the rocks, and starfish and crabs just off the rocks. We ventured over to the Farmer's Market for fresh fruit, tamales, and hummus. It was a very fun day.

Sunday we took kayaks out into the bay where sea lions and pelicans came right up to us.

At one spot we were in such shallow water it looked as if we were walking on water far from the shore.

Kayaking was my favorite activity this trip....who knew??? After lunch, we headed to San Simean to see the elephant seals, they were huge and lazy!

We went to Moonstone beach where we climbed on rocks, collected pebbles, and played the Banry's spandex game--too funny!

We saw Hearst Castle from the road and stopped at Linn's Bakery for Ollalaberry Pie (blackberry/raspberry hybrid). It was tasty!

We made dutch oven chicken and rice for dinner--our first dutch oven dinner attempt, (I think it turned out pretty good.) and triple berry dump cake for dessert. This morning we ate breakfast at Apple Farms, and headed out to find a shell beach on the way home. Oceano Dunes/Pismo Beach fit the bill, and looks like it might be a future camping ground for us all.

It was a wonderful vacation with wonderful friends. I believe there were 11 families that went...we grow a little each year. Thanks for a great time everyone! Already looking forward to next year!

I will try to post a slideshow tomorrow with lots more pics.

P.S. Happy Birthday Scott! We love you.

3 comments:

Hailey said...: That looks like such a terrific trip! No wonder your group grows each year. Umm....maybe we might start tagging along. You Bowens look like you know how to party!; August 11, 2008 at 8:35 PM
Stacy said...: Fun trip! Glad you had a great time.; August 11, 2008 at 9:26 PM
Alliban said...: You got some really good pictures. It really was a fun time. I never got to say good bye to Mimi and Bob. Tell them "bye" for me. Maybe I'll get my pictures posted tomorrow. Maybe!; August 14, 2008 at 12:07 AM

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Quotable Quips and Laughable Life

I decided that I wanted to add a small section with little things that my kids have said or done over the years that I never want to forget and I think are worth sharing. Unfortunately I was much better at writing these things down a bit late in the game....Chelsie steals the show here a bit. If only I could remember all those things I thought I'd never forget. I hope you take my challenge to write down all those things you hope to pass on one day.

When Chelsie was about 2 she had been jumping on my brand new couch, so I promptly told her to stop jumping on the nice furniture. Her response was very logical. "Then where's the mean furniture?"

While camping in the Sequoias, the entrance sign read, "1 bear incident this week...." Kelly mispronounced it as 1 bear accident....later in the bathroom, Chelsie noticed wet spots on the floor, and announced, "This must be where the bear had the accident."

We had a family home evening on choosing the right, and we thought Chelsie understood but when we asked her she said, "Yes, don't choose the left!"

When Kelly was in the 5th grade, she needed to use the classroom phone to call me. She dialed 9 to get an outside line, then she had to dial 1 because I have a long distance cell phone number, but she accidently hit the 1 twice. When the 911 dispatcher answered she was scared and just hung up. 5 minutes later the front office called the classroom stating that 3 sheriffs had arrived ready to take action and were wanting to know who called and why. Now it was by sheer coincidence that this was a morning that there was a prison breakout, so officers were on high alert. Kelly was embarrassed then, but can laugh about it now!

When Wes was about 4, he used to tell everyone that he was going to marry his friend Elizabeth, and that they were going to have 16 kids, and maybe a car.

When Chelsie was 3 1/2 we told her she needed to learn to spell her name. She responded, "I already know....A L I Z A."
(That was her best friend who taught her)

I was talking with my girls about the weather, and Kelly said, that stupid beaver was wrong, spring is not around the corner. Chelsie then chimed in, it's not a beaver, it's a warthog. Clearly I have failed them.