We just finished a great trip to Long Beach (WA) with Janie, Leslie and our 3 granddaughters, Sarah, Emma and Kathryn.  You can look at the photos here. We arrived in the late afternoon and unloaded the car at our beautiful house, and then went to the beach to get sand in our toes and play in a tide pool.  Later, we had pizza, the girls all hit the hot tub and we played a game.

The next day, we went shopping for new kites for the girls, and visited the North Head Light, which was open for tours.  The weather was actually too windy to fly kites, so we postponed that activity.  Instead, we barbecued steaks and the girls hit the hot tub again.  (I had forgotten my swimsuit.)  Leslie came after work and arrived about 11 PM.

The weather was beautiful on Friday, so we flew kites early before it became too windy.  Then we headed for town and played laser tag, had ice cream cones and the kids (including Leslie) went go-carting.   Another evening of games together.

Saturday, Kathryn and I went on a photo-shooting trip to practice with our new cameras–mine acquired recently in anticipation of our travels, and I was able to hand my previous camera down to Kathryn, who is very interested in photography.  Among other destinations, we took a little hike to the National Wildlife Refuge at the north end of the peninsula, where we encountered the most mosquitoes either of had ever seen!  (Kathryn is originally from Minnesota, and she reported that they have plenty of them there.)  For about 3/4 of a mile through the woods we were covered with mosquitoes, but surprisingly, we didn’t really get bitten.  After the photo trip, we met the rest of the family for a highly-competitive game of miniature golf before heading back to the house.  On our last night we went out to dinner at Nanci & Jimela’s Market Cafe, the owners of the previously world-famous Ark Restaurant.

We had to get Kathryn and Emma back early so the 2 girls and I left early Sunday, while Janie, Leslie and Sarah got to sleep in to a reasonable hour and then cleaned up and packed up for a later trip home.

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