The Seattle Acquarium Was Great For Us Fish FINatics!

Lotsa Fun and Laughs at the Toy Store and a Tour of the Boston Harbor Marina in Olympia Washington:

A FUN-FILLED Afternoon at the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma:

Ron and I Left Brandon and Amanda's family, boo-hoo, sniff, sniff--how I hate good byes. We took the scenic route back to Portland, 'twas gorgeous!

A VERY SPECIAL BAPTISM for PORTLYN...

We Spent The Last Day of Our Vacation at the Phoenix Zoo With Cameron and Valerie's Family.

Our COOL Escape to ALPINE, AZ.

Ron, Marlene, Alan, Sharlie, Dannen, and Jaxon loaded the trailers and toys and escaped the heat and headed for Alpine. We camped at Apache Trout RV park at Big Lake. We enjoyed the beautiful pines and aspens, seeing wild life, and playing together in the cool.

ATV TOUR

We took a couple of "FUN RUNS" on the ATV's. We saw deer, turkeys, and over a hundred elk. (Jax counted them!) We even found snow--in JUNE--in ARIZONA!!!

We Fished the Black River East Fork

The Black River East Fork is rocky, brush filled hiking and tricky fishing. In other words, we didn't catch very many. Alan and Ron were the most skilled fisherman and caught the biggest and the most! Jax caught Grandma with his lure which Richard and Pat jumped all over and sent me a t-shirt saying, "I'm hooked on my grandkids!" (funny and true!)

THE CATWALK at Glenwood, Az.

We enjoyed a couple of hours at the Catwalk. We hiked and then cooled off in the waterfalls and pools.

Last Stop, Glenwood Az.

Look Who's Taken Over Grandpa's Hammock!

Sparks Family Camp Out=FUN!

Our Sparks Family camp out was so FUN! Alan made the arrangements and we jumped on it. On board were Alan, Dannen, Jaxon, Cameron, Gunner, Brandon, Darren, Ron, and Marlene. We camped up top and hiked down each day to fish. It's a long, hard hike but we were abundantly rewarded because each us us caught between 75-100 fish each in our 2 day stay...NO LIE! (Sounds fishy, but it's true!) We made many unforgetable memories, and hope to make many more there. The only way it could have been better would be to have Garrett come, but he just had knee surgery and couldn't.