The trip was off to a good start with three boys in the tub.  Hey - pass that ducky over here!

And where to go that might be better than Seattle on a day at the end of June?  Kalaloch, of course!  Here, Mason stretches out on the sidewalk at a rest stop on the way to the park.  Too much time in the car seat, big fella?

For some reason, I don't have any photos from this trip to Kalaloch.  It was an excellent one as we were joined by a number of wonderful people.  The only thing I can think of is that we were having too much fun to take photos.  And after Kalaloch, we went to Keiser for the 4th of July.  An event so monsterous it has an entire page devoted to it.  From there, we headed to Black Butte State Park in California.  Lyell, Mason and I had stopped there just a few months before on our return from Sea Ranch.  Here they are so excited to be back its tough to catch them on film.

From there, down to Santa Rosa where the troops found (imagine this?!) a train to ride!

And then on to the Bay Area.  Its uncanny - while Teri and I were catching up with everyone we miss in the Bay Area - the boys found yet another train.  Something's going on here, and it isn't coincidence.

Someone got into the water fountain there too...

And back into the car again.  Tough duty?  Sometimes.  But most of the time its just good clean fun.