Beach fun.

Saturday we drove to Long Beach for the Kite Festival. My stomach hasn't been feeling too well so I wasn't too excited about the drive. But we had a lot of fun. I got to show Justin and Max where I grew up and how small the town really is. He liked seeing how everybody knows everybody, all the houses I lived in and where I went to school. He also got to meet a few of my high school friends and the Mattson family which was my 2nd family.

We were pretty lucky once we got to Long Beach. The original place we were going to stay at lost our reservation. So we were out of luck as far as where to stay. So I said lets see if the Super 8 has anything by chance. (everywhere was sold out for the kite festival). So I went in and asked with my sad face if they had anything. The front desk checked and they had a cancellation. The last room. I was jumping up and down I was so excited. We just drove 4 hours (we stopped a lot) and were scared we had no place to stay. Plus Max was tired of the car seat.



This is Sportsmans Cannery where I worked during the summers. This was my favorite job ever!



















The jetty. On the left is the Columbia River. On the right is the Pacific Ocean.