The waterfront was a great place to try Mo's famous clam chowder and steamers. No kidding, Alice ate more steamers than almost anyone else. That girl surprises me with something new every day.On the way out of Mo's we passed a few hole-in-the-wall souvenir shops, one of which had several smart-alec bumper stickers on display. Seth decided that this would be a grand time to demonstrate his reading prowess to his grandparents and began by announcing "If you are close enough to read this, then you can kiss my . . . (luckily my hand landed over his mouth just in time.)
I didn't personally hike down to the Sea Lion Caves with the rest of the crew because T was napping in the car. However, I'm told that my hypersensitive olfactory senses would probably not be sad they missed the sea lion's foul perfume.
Kids and cousins mugging with some pinnipeds.*
On our trip home we swung by Eugene to visit our old friends, Kyle and Amy. Thanks guys for hosting us for the night! We put the kids to bed and played games late into the night just like the old days. They joined us up in Salem the next day at AC Gilbert's Discovery Village too. I am still exhausted just thinking about all that fun.*pin·ni·ped
| adj. Of or belonging to the Pinnipedia, a suborder of carnivorous aquatic mammals that includes the seals, walruses, and similar animals having finlike flippers as organs of locomotion. n. A mammal of the suborder Pinnipedia. |
