(Just realized I'm adding photos in wrong order; go to bottom for first!) We celebrated Jim’s birthday dinner at his request with MEAT! He asked for rib apps, then we moved on to the meat course: steak. The baked potato counted as vegetable. He opened gifts, and Rick held the phone so he could talk to Char and Larry while he opened their present. Once all the loot was unwrapped, we settled in for a movie, birthday cake and popcorn.
Up early in the morning (since we hadn’t eaten enough) for Uncle Nels’ famous Eggs Benny before loading into the Birthday Bus. We had a fun time on the road (what a smooth ride!) and stopped in Garabaldi for SIX big crabs. After a refreshing walk on Rockaway Beach at Barview, we had a crab boil and campfire. Bus camping is very civilized and we felt sad for people in tents since it did rain heavily overnight.
Another famous Uncle Nels breakfast of corn tortilla-eggs-sausage rollups in the morning, another walk on the jetty and beach before turning around for home. We had to stop at the Tillamook cheese factory (because there were free samples, of course) and then a quick visit with Jim’s very pregnant cousin Jenna who had been dog-sitting for the weekend. Dogs aboard, we got home and unloaded, had showers and had a very good night’s sleep.
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