Port Townsend

We spent the weekend in Port Townsend, WA just for the hell of it. We rented a cabin in the woods just on the outskirts of town near the water. We hiked to Fort Worden State Park, a 19th Century military fort and played on the beach. Oliver rode his first ferry boat, which he loved. We had a great and relaxing weekend away from home.

Trail building

Oliver and I helped build a new hiking trail today on Badger Mtn. in Richland. We carried two buckets of gravel up the hill a short distance to the loading area. Then the real workers will use the gravel this weekend to turn the popular trail into a loop. Right now it's a crowded single track route that you have to go up and back down on. This is exciting for us since this is one of the few non-paved hiking trails close to us. Oliver did great! He kept adding rocks to our buckets on the way up. Thanks son, you're a real help.Can't help but take a few for himself.

You can see where we started, by the white blob of buckets.

Park play

Grandma Sue

Grandma Sue came for a visit this week. Her and Oliver got a lot of quality time together. We kept her busy with trips to the park, a bike ride along the river, painting, hours of truck play and walks outside. They bonded. It was really good for both of them to get to know each other. Now when he sees an airplane he says grandma. In his mind she's flying the friendly skies until they see each other again.

Grandma's cruiser

Playing a little ball in the backyard

We sewed aprons together for Oliver and myself