Sabbatical Trip Post #5

We are back in Oregeon! And back to the cloudy skys - although we are happy to be in our home state, we will definitely miss the sunny skys.

For those that were praying for safe travels, thank you so much. The long day on Friday was 14 hrs. The boys did wonderful - we started at 3:45 am so that helped them sleep the first 4 hrs. All along the CA coast, the driving was good and Jason was able to relax a bit, but as soon as we got to OR, the winds picked up and we were right on the coast line, so the driving was very slow and very difficult for Jason, but again he did great. We even drove over the Golden Gate Bridge - admitantly, that was not teh best decision and we are very glad we were there at 6am. But it was fun. We were relived to get to the other side though!

We are staying in Florence, which is home to the Oregon Dunes, so there are dune buggies and ATV's starting on the dunes behind us at 6am and going till late night, but it is cool. Jason and Ethan rented ATV's yesterday and had a good time playing around. Today we are going to go crabbing - we'll see how the crabs like the 'seafood delight' cat food and the chicken legs we bought them.

Below are some pics from Monterey and from yesterday with Ethan and Jason on ATV's. The simulator pics are us driving in a convoy in Iraq. The shooting range is all simulated as well, it was pretty sweet. The pics of the boys are at the Monterey aquarium and Ethan playing super heros with his cousin Justin. I have also included some beach pics and some action photos of Jason looking for his wedding ring in Santa Cruz. The one of Jacob in the trailer is funny to me, he is finding all these funny positions to hang out in.