A bogging we will go....

Mark returned home from sea yesterday. It doesn't matter how many times I say that or how many years I've been saying it, it always comes out sounding like a line from a Jane Austin novel!

Aside from a soak in our spa tub, a nice hunk of fairly raw *GAG* beef, and sleeping in a big big bed with the MOST gorgeous woman (hehehe), one of the things he really wanted to do was 'get away' if just for a few days. So while he was gone I did a little research and discovered that WA state actually has Cranberry Bogs!! Who knew!? It is on the other coast, about a two and a half hour drive, but we thought well worth the trip to be able to get away from phones and the boat and the fast paced life we lead.

I have rented a two room cabin near the beach (could be a total dive but hey..we are always up for an adventure!) and right across the street from a cranberry bog! How convenient will THAT be? We plan on taking our kites and buckets and shovels...our backgammon game and our sunscreen...our camera and some warm 'beach' clothes (it gets quite windy on that side of the state!) and just spend a few days beaching and bogging and relaxing. The cabin has a full kitchen so I plan on taking breakfast and lunch items so we don't have to waste time 'eating out', and then in the evenings we will see what Grayland (the town!) has to offer in the way of fine family dining.

I am hoping that they will have been able to at least START the harvest (cranberry harvest starts around now and can go until mid to late October) so that I can purchase fresh Washington grown berries for our two Thanksgivings (Canadian and American) and for Christmas! How fun to have cranberries to eat that we actually saw growing! I am not sure who is more excited about the whole cranberry experience, the kids or me!

Anyways, I plan on being off line for a few days and that is why. I will have pictures to post and stories to tell upon our return I am sure!

Hugs to all,
Jaye