{"id":1463,"date":"2012-11-26T11:36:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T16:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2012-11-26T11:43:18","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T16:43:18","slug":"tillamook-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/26\/tillamook-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Tillamook family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My mother and my sister live in Tillamook, which, of course, is why we were here for Thanksgiving. The dinner was hosted by my sister and was attended by Jett, me, my sister Lois, my brother-in-law Chris, my niece Kim, my nephews Michael and Scott, Michael&#8217;s wife Taylor, family friend Stephanie, Stephanie&#8217;s son David and his wife Joanne and, as guest of honor, my mother. The food was terrific (especially Joann&#8217;s craisin and walnut salad) and was followed by a spirited game of Apples to Apples, won by Joann.<\/p>\n<p>Apples to Apples is a game in which nouns are matched to adjectives, best noun winning.\u00a0 Each time your noun is picked as the best you get to keep the adjective card.\u00a0 Supposedly your collection of adjectives describes you.\u00a0 My winning adjectives were &#8220;spicy&#8221; and &#8220;eternal.&#8221;\u00a0 Hmmm&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1478\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1478\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-060-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2012-11-25 060\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-060-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-060-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-060-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-060-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me, my sister and Mom<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1479\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1479\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-065-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2012-11-25 065\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-065-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-065-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-065-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-065-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three generations<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I have already mentioned the crabbing adventure and the trip to the Tillamook Cheese Factory. Other highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A trip to the <a title=\"Spirit Mountain Casino\" href=\"http:\/\/spiritmountain.com\">Spirit Mountain Casino<\/a> where Chris and I collectively donated over $100 to the Native American cause.<\/li>\n<li>A hike on Lookout Point.\u00a0 I enjoyed the walk, but Grace had a ball.\u00a0 She doesn&#8217;t often get to walk off the leash and to do it with 5 other dogs and to have a beach at the end was an hour of pure joy for her.\u00a0 Cha-Cha, with his bad legs, stayed home.<\/li>\n<li>Lunch at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Brewin-in-the-Wind-espresso-bar-grill-\/216296089914\" title=\"Brewin' in the Wind\">Brewin&#8217; in the Wind<\/a> in Oceanside.  The weather was miserable but the food was fine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1466\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-046.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1466\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-046-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2012-11-25 046\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-046-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-046-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-046-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-046-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grace on the beach<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1465\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-032.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1465\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-032-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2012-11-25 032\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-032-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-032-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-032-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-032-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entire hiking menagerie, plus me<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1464\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1464\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-023-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2012-11-25 023\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-023-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-023-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-023-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-023-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-023.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott, Lois and Kim on the hike<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1473\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-039.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1473\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-039-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2012-11-25 039\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-039-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-039-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-039-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-039-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coming down from Lookout Point<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1477\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1477\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-052-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2012-11-25 052\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-052-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-052-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-052-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-052-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-25-052.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim, Chris and Lois<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1471\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-009-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1471\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-009-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2012-11-26 009 (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-009-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-009-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-009-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-009-2-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brewin&#8217; in the Wind<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1472\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-011-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1472\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-011-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2012-11-26 011 (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-011-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-011-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-011-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-011-2-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oceanside<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Between events we spent a lot of time at Lois and Chris&#8217; house, set on a hill overlooking the Tillmook Valley.  It had its own kind of beauty, especially in the morning before the fog lifted.  We also got to experience the transformation of the Christmas tree from a shapely, fresh-cut evergreen to a misshapen &#8220;special needs&#8221; tree (thanks to some excessive trimming), back to a holiday beauty.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1474\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1474\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2012-11-26 010\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-010.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-010-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-010-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/2012-11-26-010-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morning view from Lois and Chris&#8217; deck<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1469\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/1125120847a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1469\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/1125120847a-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1125120847a\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/1125120847a-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/1125120847a-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/1125120847a-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/1125120847a-400x599.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/1125120847a.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Overly trimmed tree<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1470\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/1125121809a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1470\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/1125121809a-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1125121809a\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/1125121809a-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/1125121809a-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/1125121809a-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/1125121809a-400x599.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/1125121809a.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trimmed tree<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mother and my sister live in Tillamook, which, of course, is why we were here for Thanksgiving. The dinner was hosted by my sister and was attended by Jett, me, my sister Lois, my brother-in-law Chris, my niece Kim, my nephews Michael and Scott, Michael&#8217;s wife Taylor, family friend Stephanie, Stephanie&#8217;s son David and &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/26\/tillamook-family\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,24,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gtw","category-places-or","category-places"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1VniU-nB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1463"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1480,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463\/revisions\/1480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}