So Dave's sabbatical started last Monday. We headed out to camping that Wednesday.  



We headed to the Southern Oregon Coast with Shannon and family. My boys had commitments so could not go with us.  Grandma and Grandpa came to stay with them. Oh the humiliation of it all! My boys where left with baby sitters! LOL  Oh well they go over it.

The battery in my camera went out the second day in camp, no charger LOL oops!  brought the back pack for my lenses and things, but usually keep my charger in my laptop case as I'm hardly with out it. OPPPS I left the lap top home for the oldest to use since his computer is not liking the heat.  We run in to town to get a disposable Battery for it. I had gotten one for my old Nikon, but just my luck the only big store in town doesn't carry them for my model. Instead we purchased a point and shoot LOL I have been wanting one for a while any way to toss in my bag and have on me all the time.


On the first day of outings we found it WAY to windy to play on the beach. Ever been sand blasted before??? yeah well stand on the coast in 20 to 30 mile an hour winds! LOL not a fun thing!

We headed south from there and ended up in Reedsport at the Umpqua Discovery Center  it closed at 5 and we got there at 4:30. So we decided we would just look around the gift shop. One of the employees says she is willing to stay late so we could go threw. I thought that was very nice of her! so we rushed threw a bit so as not to make her stay any longer then needed. This was not hard when you have a preschooler and toddler along LOL  No pictures from here as they don't allow photo's. 

The Next day we headed out to the West Coast Game Park Safari. The kids had a blast! even the bIg kids like the Daddy type person and the Uncle Type person LOL  Sometimes it is as much fun to watch the dads with the kids as it is to watch the kids.  Dads seem to always turn right back in to kids when doing something like this.  After we left there we hit the Dean Creek Elk viewing area. A very cool place protected and Elk hang out in.


The day we headed home We hit the Oregon Coast Aquarium Again the kids and Adult Males in our group had a blast. Not to say us women folk didn't have fun, it was just different then watching the kids and men. LOL

We hit McDonald's with a play area so the kids could run off the last of their energy and then headed home.  While a lunch Dave got a call from the gal doing his job while on sabbatical and she had an issue so we stopped in at work before getting home LOL

We leave next sunday for our next trip get home the fallowing Friday have a week home then off to Yellowstone for 10 days.

So as you can see I may not be keeping up on others blogs as i'm always unpacking or packing LOL