Boy Scouts, Beverly Beach, Burgeoning Blessings and Busy Bounties

As evidenced by the photo above, the Typhoon boys enjoyed the rare treat of a tw0-night Boy Scout campout this weekend. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is the Oregon Coast on January 23rd. Temperatures were in the low 50’s.

We yurt camped at Beverly Beach State Park, and enjoyed an  AMAZINGLY MILD Saturday. The sky was blue, the winds were calm, and we hung around the fire in shirt sleeves. Nice.

The boys in the troop ate well. To support their work on Emergency Preparedness merit badge, they held both a lost “child” drill and a fire building contest. They found the “child”. And they all succeeded in building fires, though none of the teams achieved the contest goal. Mind you, troop adults set a very lofty goal for the fire building contest, on purpose.  By all accounts, the events were a success.

Saturday dinner included a kebab appetizer, chicken & white bean chili entree, fruit and carrots on the side, dutch oven cornbread, and either strawberry or cherry cheesecake for dessert. We uh, had too much food.  Time to rethink portions!

Late Saturday night, though, the storm rolled in. Even though we had rain in the morning, everyone stayed dry in the yurts. Here’s R, preparing to bunk down in the yurt on Saturday evening.

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Us boys made a stop in Pacific City on the way home. My mom is going in for a (relatively) routine angiogram on Friday. Furthermore, the plans to let the kids spend some weekends at the beach before spring have become more difficult to realize now that M has rehearsals on Saturdays again. So, we made sure to stop in. We had lunch, chatted and watched the Jets game with Grandpa, borrowed the shower, and helped Grandma fix some minor issues with her computer.  Then we headed home. We were close; it makes me happy to see them face-t0-face whenEVER possible. It makes R happy, too. Every time he walks into that house, he begs to stay at least two days!