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We started our trek up to WA today. We plan to take 3 days and work our way up the Ca and OR coasts since we rarely travel this route. The idea for this part of the trip came from our brief fly by trip through the CA coast back in April when the weather was too rough to drive back via I-5 (DAY 92 and 93) We met John's friend Mike in Phillipsville and he gave us a personal tour through Avenue of the Giants (giant redwood trees that it). He found a great place on the river for us to swim. The highlight of the day for the girls was Mike's brand new chocolate lab, Joy, that came along. I took a picture of the girls in their swisuits next to a huge tree because it was such an oddity A) that it was hot enough to hike in a swimsuit and B) that we were in the midst of such big trees on a random trail. At another spot we did some river fording which no one minded because it was so hot. Haley and I were the only ones smart enough to be wearing Keens fo rthat activity. John and Mike went in with running shoes. We saw two water snakes in that area, but no one was too freaked out, even the girls. We stayed at Mike's place in Fortuna for the night and the girls were in heavenly bliss pretending to be dog owners for a night. "Joy joy" was a constant phrase out of their mouths. It was fun to see their nuturing side. They are nuturing kids, but it
is rare to see them with someone/something younger and more helpless than they are. The kids have been asking for a dog ever since and as I'm writing this it is 2 weeks later. They don't ask if we're getting a dog, they ask what kind we are going to get!
Our kids must have been talking about dogs when they were all together. Dane and Brooke have both asked me recently when we were going to get a dog, not if we were going to get a dog. It would be fun, but don't really need the extra work and expense!
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