Thankful of all my days

I have so much to be thankful for!

My parents and family I was blessed to grow up with, they showed me how to have and create love, fun and adventure in my life!

 Miss you Mom!

My father and mother in law who excepted the new "friend" of their daughter and have shared their family, life and traditions.

My wife who loves me, puts up with me and keeps  me focused on goals and the important things in life!

My kids who continue to impress me with their own ideas, adventures and what great parents they have become!

My Granddaughters!

 Nora

 Juniper

 Helen

My friends that have helped create adventure and supported me when I needed it.

My favorite son in law Isaac and my favorite daughter in law Kaia, I couldn't have hoped for better!

My church family for providing safety in a always troubled world!

Thankful of Our  airstream "Nellie" which is just a thing which means nothing as a thing but when we travel with her she opens the door to us meeting new friends wherever we go!

My job of 30yrs which takes me away from my family to much but has provided a very good life for us!

My dog and fur buddy Jake, I'm Thankful most of the time!

Life is good! Now lets eat!

Discovering more of Oregon

We traveled back to Oregon to visit Ben, Kaia and 3 month old Juniper. We can't get enough time with the granddaughters.

Four generations on this trip.

How long can you get a 3month old Juniper, a 18 month old Helen and

a 3 1/2yr old Nora to sit still for pictures? With the help of some cookies the photo shoot lasted about 

4 minutes.

My three beautiful granddaughters all very healthy troublemakers, I'm a lucky man.

Since Eugene time is 2 hours behind Wisconsin time it was easy to get up for a sunrise hike up Spenser's Butte, It was a great way to get moving in the morning.

Granny watched the girls one morning so my favorite daughter could join me.

Father in law  farmer Tom and his daughter made it to the top a couple times.

I Love sunrise walks or any walks with Jan.

We also got to have a very nice dinner with my dads cousin Del and his family, Del researched and published a book on all of our family history back to Norway!

He has a great place in Eugene! 

Hiding in a tree with Nora.

Hugging a tree with Nora.

Gotta love these giant trees.

The girls had a great time with Papa.

They had fun in our new beachfront cabin.

We made a house at the beach, it was a little windy and cool but we kept warm with a building project.

The girls had a great time, they are always ready for another adventure.

Endless places for beautiful hikes in Oregon. We averaged about 6-7 miles a day hiking, a couple hours a day driving and many hours playing. Always missing Ben, Kaia and Juniper back home in Wisconsin but happy that doing well with there adventures out west.

Lake superior- Duluth / North Shore / Grand Marais

Our favorite close by place to travel to! Lake Superior and Minnesota's north shore is just a few hours drive from us and because of that has always been a family favorite!

A few years ago after our kids started finding their own adventures Jan found this marina right in Duluth, the actual camping spot is not not the greatest  because we are camping in a crowded parking lot, but the location to the Duluth waterfront can't be beat!

Our view parked at the marina!

From the marina we can walk a few short blocks to canal park and the lake walk.

On the return home we spent another night at the marina, this beach is only a few blocks away also and we had it to ourselves on a perfect Friday night!

Next stop and our home for the week is Grand Marais,Mn. We have always loved this town and have so many memories here!

We were very fortunate to get a beachfront spot, I think this is the best site we have ever had here!

It's always a hard decision on vacation to sleep in or get to see day come to life!

Jake!

 View from the top of one of small peaks along the shore.

Brother Bob joined us for a donut at sunrise!

 When we invited Jake into the family 5 years ago he couldn't swim, now he shakes with anticipation for chasing a stick!

He loves jumping from a dock!

Henri is very excited for Jake to jump in the lake but this is as far as she will go!

Jan joined me for a couple sunrises!

Our Schnauzer Henri.  

Jake waiting for us to finish supper, he usually doesn't get to be on the bed but this is better then being under our feet!

 We got to visit with Juniper, our Oregon granddaughter on FaceTime. This kind of technology is very nice! In a couple weeks we get to hold her in person, can't wait!

Jake and I are getting to be really good buddy's!

Jake and I really enjoy our walks on the breakwater, we usually have it to ourselves!

I like to leave some of my creations around for people to find, it is fun to see people playing with them!

Not quite ready to think about this yet!

We stopped at Amnion State park in Wisconsin on the way home, beautiful little park!

It's not my fault!

Sunrises are pretty great at home too!

Next stop back to Oregon!

Total miles:770
Nights in Nellie 8