I can't get used to flowers blooming in January!
A cool damp day calls for a fire in the fireplace. 
Our special meeting company. So nice for 3 nights. Not enough homes on the peninsula, so we flew out to fill the gap!
George and Tom H heading down the trail to the beach. The waves were amazing. 21 crab boats in counting distance. 
A crab boat going by the Ship Inn restaurant on the Columbia River. 
Jeremy and Amy came to visit January 1st. The men couldn't find any elk close enough to get. 
We came home from Elk Mtn over Rattlesnake Road. It was good on our end, pretty deep on the other end!
Pot luck at Willis and Kathy's. Jace said this was his favorite meal! I think this was his second plate😀. 
George and I flew to Portland January 7. We had to be de-iced in Denver. It was snowing hard when we flew out. Richie Winters and George are thinning out the trees behind the house, to preserve the beach view. His family is with him. Clam digging opened up Thursday, so George had fun taking everyone clamming, demonstrating how to cook and clean them. 
It was unseasonably warm, 86-90 degrees. The kids never got cold boogie boarding. We stayed til sunset a couple of times. 
Meanwhile back home highways were still closed, or closed again. 
George got a hitch put on the car so he could pull the kayaks. 
Larkin and Grandpa. 
Clayton and Allison. They came upon a 4 foot alligator sunning on the bank. 
Jeff went roo hunting in Australia. They killed over 40. They are laying all along the roads. Carcasses, bones, and hundreds of live ones running everywhere. They are skinny because of drought and over population. They are eating all the grass. All the vehicles, even the nice town cars have roo guards around the front. 
We left the house about 6 am to get to Magic Kingdom at opening. 
These wild rides have a camera to record you when you drop down into the water. It is dark and no one else can see you. I decided to not get my glasses and hair wet. So the camera recorded my solution!
