Weekend Visitors

We had a busy weekend. In addition to tending the neighbors three ducks, we had the fun of Madison, Brooklyn and Karsten visiting.The ducks were pretty self contained, but the kids took turns changing their water and feeding them. On Saturday some of us went to the Art Fair in Salem, and Shonee stayed home with the little ones. It was so hot, and the fair was mostly for grown-ups, but we did play at the spiderweb park for just a bit.

On Sunday, Season and Sara came to pick them up, but they didn't want to leave! A tire swing and fun cousins are hard to give up.

Table Rock Trail

Shonee and I left the kids with Grandma L. Saturday and went to Table Rock Wilderness outside of Molalla. We hiked 1500 ft. up to the top and were rewarded with stunning views of mountains on all sides of us. The valleys were stretched out below, looking lush and green. We were in the sun at the beginning and end of the trail for about 3 miles altogether. Otherwise, were hiking through a beautiful forest with wild rhodedendron growing on the hills. It was wonderful to be out hiking with my sweetheart, just talking and enjoying the time together.

When we were driving back through the canyon, Shonee decided he needed to stretch his legs, so we pulled over by the river and climbed down to some flat rocks to stretch. It was lovely and cool by the water and a great way to end our adventure.