Coast, indoors

Jes and Deena like to come visit us in the spring, and this year we decided to have a weekend getaway. On the recommendation of a friend we went to the Iron Springs Resort, on the Washington coast. Unfortunately, the weather was awful. I mean, I don’t mind rain, but this was a pelting, driving rain, propelled by a truly howling wind, so that you could hardly stand to go out to the car for your suitcase. It was really very limiting. Here’s Jordan drinking cocoa on the porch at one of the less windy moments… maybe you get the idea. 

Fortunately, our cabins could not have been more delightfully cozy. We had two of them, one for the four of us and one for Jes, Deena, Deena’s cousin Ellen, and Ellen’s five-year-old son Samson. Ours was the gathering place.



Beautiful views, a fireplace, a well-appointed kitchen, fluffy comforters – really you couldn’t ask for more in a cabin. The grownups did crossword puzzles. The boys played a thousand rounds of Connect Four.



I cooked several great meals, including these wonderful wheat scones with bellies of jam.

Jordan and Aaron sometimes had trouble finding things in common with Samson, since he is so much younger, but they managed to have a good time.

Samson drew this amazing picture of our family. That’s me on the far left, wearing the gray shirt with black spots that I was wearing in real life on that day; the in the cap is Aaron, then Jordan with the medium-length hair, and finally Dale. I like how Jordan is taller than me, just like in real life.