Annual McMillan Family Reunion, 2023
This year we went to the northern Oregon coast for our family reunion. We left on Friday night, drove until 3:00 am, then spent the night in the van in a rest stop. Our plan was to stay in a hotel near Eugene but there were no vacancies so we drove until we couldn't drive anymore. The kids and I slept until 8:00 am! Then it was breakfast at Denny's. We got too much food.
We found a kids outdoor education center like Heidi wants to build at Vecna's. The laws in OR are much looser than those of CA. Heidi realized she can build a low-budget center at Vecna's.
Next it was a trip to the Portland temple for baptisms for the dead.
Went to church in Astoria, where the Goonies was filmed. Our party tripled the primary.
We camped at Fort Stevens. There were hot showers. The climate was pretty cold though. I should have layered up more but at least I had long pants and a jacket.
The kids really liked this freshwater lake. Adam brought his paddle boards and kayaks
A lighthouse at the Lewis and Clark information center. The kids weren't much into the museum.
My favorite activity was the column, a lighthouse in Astoria without the light. It was about 150 feet tall and you could see quite a bit of the valley.
The gift shop sold these gliders but it had closed for the day. The kids scavenged about 50 planes from the bushes and would throw them off. Some logged over 45 seconds of flight time before disappearing in the trees.
On July 4th we went to two beaches. The first was real nice with these tide pools. Parker was way into the wildlife.
Then the itinerary directed us to another beach which was cold and windy. The kids made the most of it though.
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