Well Tuesday morning around 5 am the wife and I pulled into the driveway after completing part one of our two part summer vacation. Part One was a trip through California and Oregon to visit family and friends.

2,400 miles later we are a little tired but really enjoyed the time off from work and away from the kids!

First stop was a 12 hour drive to the Father-in-laws house to visit family and enjoy the 4th of July:



Then on up the highway past Mount Shasta:



and on into Oregon:



We stopped in the tourist town of Jacksonville:



and then headed towards Grants Pass where we stopped to see the High School I graduated from 30 years ago:



and the house I grew up in (The poor owners now must like Fords:



After spending a day with my mom, her husband and one of my sisters we met up with friends in Roseburg and headed to Crater Lake:







and found some amazing plants on the way back to the city...