This year marked the 20th anniversary of a small and informal family gathering at Boardman, OR. We don’t do name tags, silly games or giant family tree bulletin boards – just a relaxed time on the banks of the Columbia river catching up, eating, enjoying the scenery, eating, playing in the river, eating…..well, you see the pattern!

Pat got a really great sunset picture one evening.

We brought our newly purchased kayaks so spent some time paddling out in the Columbia River! The warm and windy summer weather produced quite a bit of choppy water but we had fun out there anyway.

Since we visit this same place every year, I’ve just about run out of geocaches to hunt in the immediate vicinity so I didn’t get much caching in – just one called Lost in Boardman while taking a drive one afternoon. Also picked up a few as we traveled home via Madras, Sisters and McKenzie River instead of the usual Interstate 84 and 5 route. We’ll take this new way from now on! Much more scenic and not significantly longer.