Into the Woods...

 

It took some effort - a 6 hour drive, a 2.5 hour ferry ride up Lake Chelan, and a 40 minute drive along a winding mountain road on a retired school bus - but the trip to Holden Village was worth it for a long weekend visit with Jake and Elli at their home for the summer. Click here for photos.  

We hiked in the Glacier Peak Wilderness to Lake Holden and 10 Mile Falls; got to see Jake at work restoring porches on chalets that used to be part of a remote copper mining village turned Lutheran retreat center; and got a little more up close and personal than we were expecting with a family of bears and other wildlife. 

Meanwhile back in Portland, the rest of the crew attended a white wedding - congrats to Danny and Maris - and Drew finished 11th out of 90+ boats at Thistle Nationals on Flathead Lake, MT.  That's him below, leaning out of boat #69.

Oh... and the Barbie movie!  Fig agrees it's totally worth the hype.  

4th of July and more

We were spread across 3 states for 4th of July this year - Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Click here for photos from the holiday weekend and other recent sails, hikes, concerts and cookouts.

The Sauvie Island Farm Tunes concert series has always been a highlight of summers in Portland, especially when Ashleigh Flynn is performing. Pat and Emily are pictured below taking in Ashleigh's 2023 show this past week; and back in July of 2009.