Getting the plane ready

Ben being goofy

Lexi and Ben outside the hangar

Ready to pull it out of the hangar

Can't go without more dancing

And throwing rocks on the taxiway

Yep, SOMEBODY's got to pick them up

But wait, we have to do cartwheels first

More cartwheels

Almost ready now

More pre-flight antics

More pre-flight antics

Now we're ready

Jumping for joy that our flight attendant is finally ready

Out comes my sturdy old reliable plane

Careful instructions given to the back-seat passengers, who promptly forgot them

Plotting something evil, no doubt

Pretty sure that's Lexi's "who me?" face

Yes, YOU

Islands in the Columbia River

Downtown Portland, heading southwest to Aurora then Lincoln City

Downtown Portland

Willamette River looking north

North of Lincoln City

North of Lincoln City

Sand spit just north of Devil's Lake golf course

Cape Kiwanda and Pacific City

Approaching the harbor entrance at Florence

Chained down at Florence 6S2 (necessary with the wind there!)

Oh look, a helper!

Some of the ground crew dress like it's Flying Wild Alaska

All set for lunch with grandma

That's WIND, not a hairstyle

Well, I think my plane's handsome anyways

Ben, reading full sentences for the very first time, in Traveler's Cove restaurant in Florence

Lexi wielding a tortilla weapon

My grandmother at 90, me, and my father in Florence on a glorious sunny day

If my boy wants to keep reading now, I'm not going to stop him

Lexi and rhododendrons

Lexi and rhododendrons

Lexi and rhododendrons

Coastline north of Florence, heading back home to Portland

The Oregon coast sure is pretty on a nice sunny day

More Oregon coast

Waldport

Seal Rock

Seal Rock

X marks the spot....in this case, the spot is KONP, Newport's airport

Newport, Oregon

Newport, Oregon

Andrea's parents live down there somewhere

Andrea's parents live down there in that block of houses I think

Yaquina Lighthouse

Yaquina Lighthouse

Looking back towards Newport

Looking back towards Newport

Mount Hood, of course

Oregon City falls

Mount Hood again, I think...hard to tell, ALL the mountains were out today

Mount Hood

Our overall route Troutdale to Florence and back

Florence arrival and departure

Troutdale departure and arrival patterns