Garth Greer Reunion 2009 - North Oregon Coast

We just got back from the 09 Garth Greer Reunion. This year we had it on the north Oregon coast in a town called Rockaway Beach. Anthony's sister Debby has lived in Oregon for years, and she put it on. The kids had never flown before and they were real excited to do so. Here's some pictures of them on the plane.

Here is a picture looking back at our beach from the end of a jetty.

Anthony's parents traveled with us. The first thing we did was stop off at the cheese factory in Tillamook and eat ice cream.

The oregon coast is beautiful country and home of such movie classics as Goonies!!!

This is a lighthouse that we visited.

We had lots of fun with all our cousins.

Olivia even had a bit of fun running on the beach.

The boys built many sand castles. We actually had a big family sand castle contest one night. Nathans below was one of the winners.

Thomas and Josh braved the cold waters as much as we would let them.

We spent time flying kites on the beach.

This is Anthony's money shot. The boys and him were out on the end of a jetty, and all three boys started yelling 'Killer Whales'. Three Killer Whales were making their way out of the bay into the open ocean. They were only about 25-30 feet from where the boys were sitting. That was a real cool experience for them. The Oregon cousins said they had not seen killer whales in 17 years of being there, so it is a pretty rare chance.

Here is a look down the coast the morning we were leaving (the clearest day of the whole trip). The inland bay in the background is the bay the killer whales were leaving, the same one family members had been kayaking in earlier the same day!!!!

We went on a train ride along the coast.

One of the best things we did was go on this hike to a waterfall. The trail was full of Salmon berry bushes, which were good to eat. The forest was really like a jungle to us AZ folk.

Some trouble makers have a hard time reading warning signs.

The last day we headed up the coast to Astoria and stopped off at an old army base, Fort Stevens. We had a picnic and enjoyed everything they had to show us.

Overall, the trip was tiring, but we had a good time seeing all our family and made many memories we will have forever.