June 16 - 30

January     February 1 - 15   February 16-29     March 1-15    March 15-30     April 1-15     April 16-30    May 1-15    May 16-31    June 1-15    June 16-30    July 1-15

Ft. Clatsop (near Astoria, OR)
Laura next to the statue of Sacagewea, in the room for Charboneau and Sacagewea, Becca in the room for Lewis and Clark, Bill, Alex, and Becca in the officers' room
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Alex enjoys the officers' bunk beds, Laura and Becca write with quills, Alex loves the pelts in the enlisted men's quarters
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Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, Cape Disappointment, WA
Sign, view to lighthouse, Laura with one of the 'try it' displays about botany, Becca helps to feed the Corps, Laura and Becca carefully load a canoe.

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Cannon Beach, OR
On the beach with Haystack Rock in the distance, Alex gets a different perspective, looking south down the beach
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Haystack Rock, Alex wearing the shirt daddy gave him off his back after he fell into the water, the rest of the gang

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Sunset views
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Seaside, OR
Salt Works sign and replica, Laura on the Prom, Lewis and Clark End of the Trail monument at the turnaround
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Father's Day at Ocean City, WA
Daddy's boy, Dad opens another gift (audio tape titled "Don't make me stop this car" by Al Roker), beach boys, Becca gives dad a recliner
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Exploring the Olympic Peninsula
Dinning at picturesque Quinalt Lodge, Laura admiring the moss on the nature trail
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Hoh Rainforest Hall of Mosses Trail
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Big Cedar Tree off of Hwy 101
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Happy Birthday Mr. Gowdy!
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Mt. St. Helens
Road covered in fog on the way in, first view from the Coldwater Ridge Visitor's Center, a shot from a scenic viewpoint, another from the Johnston Ridge Visitor's Center

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Our pet slug
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Mt. Rainer
Our first good view of the mountain 
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Longmire. Old gas station (the oldest standing park building), the Trail of the Shadows - a meadow, views of Rainer, soda springs, recreation of Longmire's cabin, more views of Rainer from the end of the trail, roadside deer, view from Paradise, on the Nisqually Vista Trail.

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Fun at Cascade Campground
Pony rides, bounce house and s'mores. What s'more couldya want?
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Snoqualmie Falls

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Visiting cousins
Becca and second cousin Ziza, Alex and Rio and their mommies, Dinner in the University District

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Becca's Birthday
Becca blows out the candles on her 'mounds' cake, trying out her new bike

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Pacific Science Center
Having a blast with a water cannon, Laura checks out the organ pipes, Becca's feeling small

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