August 2014

August has been a real travel month….. It all started with a much anticipated trip to Cabo San Lucas with Marc, Maria, Camryn and Colby.

The view from Villa la Estancia is incredible! 
The rocks in the center of the picture are “Lands End”
the tip of Baja.

The weather was beautiful  (hot and humid but really nice.)

We had dinner on the beach twice and ate at the resort the rest of the time….  FABULOUS!

Am I getting shorter?

Camryn is growing up so very fast. 

We had so much fun with the kids!

We took a cab trip to “Pedregal”  a very expensive part of Cabo….On the hill between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez…….  Then we drove to the “real” Cabo.  This picture is the real cabo where the Mexican people live.  The streets are clean but the houses are very basic…..  many without windows and doors.

On our trip home….Mike and I were talking about how much we loved Mexico.  We decided it would be fun to go back to Cabo and surprise Pat and Rollie on their honeymoon trip.

They had planned on traveling with three other couples…..  Why not 4? 
So we did!!!  We spent a week back in Sunriver…..Then we flew back to Cabo for our surprise.

The newly weds.......

This time we stayed in San Jose del Cabo (another town about 30 miles west of Cabo San Lucas.)  This is a beautiful cathedral located in the center of town.

We just walked into town… it was that close.

We met a fella working for the Mexican Government in the Turtle protection program.  He showed us baby turtles that had just been born. He protected the turtles from the birds in the days they were developing and being born.  He was going to release them into the ocean later that night.

We spent A LOT of time in the swimming pool.  Our second trip to Cabo was even HOTTER… with quite a bit of humidity!

This is Larry and Betty Hofer, Chuck and Eva Fox (Mike’s brother) Mike and I, Pat and Rollie (Mike’s sister) and Tom and Vanessa Campbell.

We had a great week….. and the surprise was worth the entire trip!

Back in Sunriver…..  Ben and Anna came over for a week to visit.  We took the kayaks out for a float down the Deschutes.  The kids LOVED it!

We rode the chairlift up Mt Batchelor, hiked at Sparks Lake
and got a milkshake at Elk Lake!

We ended our week by meeting Brandon and Karen (Ben and Anna’s parents) at Kahneta Resort on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.  

By this picture, you can tell,  we weren’t the only people at Kahneta……
Nice weather brought out lots of folks!

What an incredible month!