Camping on the Umatilla

The first weekend in August, Jon went on a Scout camp out up the Umatilla River. The most unusual thing happened on the way up, they were stopped by GOATS! He had to take the pic thru a window, so it was not as nice as it could have been.

But, after the goats and a bit more of a drive, they reached their destination. Home sweet home for the weekend!

While up there, Jon found all kinds of critters! Here are just a few of them!



Aren't they fun!!!??


Trees are so amazing! And the second one is a bridge the boys fixed up after it fell apart (they camp up here often) and I was told it survived this last winter.


One of the things Jon was annoyed about was the fishing. It was above the hatchery and they were tiny, he was swimming with them and none of them was 'bigger than my hand.' So, he caught and ate crawdads! Fried in oil after boiling (because by the time they were all cracked out the critters were all cold..so they recooked 'em!). Everyone tried some and no one died, so Jon figgers he was a pretty good cook!

Missing the Tillamook Fair this weekend. There are some GREAT photos on Face Book if you are interested! And THS VE is going to sing the National Anthem at the demo derby tonight!