SoCal Summer Vay-K

Here we are once again in beautiful sunny SoCal. Last time we were here was during Christmas...and before that was our wedding!!! It's good to be here and it's good to be in the water once again. We were a bit rusty on our boards, but now we're confidently shredding up everything! Okay, so here's the story thus far in our trip:

I picked up Courtney in SanFran (after her missions trip) and we drove the rest of the way down to SoCal to spend some much needed time at the beach and with Courts side of the family. So far we've managed to hit the beach nearly every single day! (that makes us happy) We've also hit up the Wild Animal Park and a theater show at Lambs Players on Coronado Island. We've had awesome dinners and conversation with the fam, and we're looking forward to seeing all Court's relative on the 4th up in Dana Point for the annual Keating get-to-gether (so much fun). We're stoked to be here! We decided that we need to move to a beach town again in the future..we just love playing in that ocean and soaking up that sun! ...MORE TO COME...

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Elk Lake Expedition

Court's been gone in SanFran for the last the couple days on a missions trip, so I've been kicking it bachelor style! Lots of non-nutritious foods and late nights working around the house. For kicks, I went out with some friends to a nearby lake called "Elk Lake" up in the Cascade mountain range. It was a beautiful and triumphant day! We drank some "skinny dip" from New Belgium, sailed a dock, and paddled around in a rubber dingy...can life get more interesting? I think not! At the end of the day, I'm thankful that I'm married and only have to "bachelor" it for a few more days!

Fly-Fly Fishing Poles

One of my best buddies Anthony Parla and I went Fly Fishing this past week on the Upper Deshutes River during the legendary "salmon fly hatch". The salmon fly is a rather large bug that likes to crawl down your neck and ATTACK your jugular vein...well, not exactly...they aren't actually aggressive and I don't think they bite, but they're just plain HUGE and creepy! So we fished and floated the river all day with a few other fellas by way of a drift boat. The experience and educational aspect of the trip was outstanding, but we only caught three trout :( Regardless, we had a great time in the great outdoors! The scenery was breathtaking!

Gary's Photo Shoot in KS.

I just returned from a photoshoot in Kansas for Sterling College. It was tons of fun but pretty draining! Three straight days of shooting, and 2 full days of traveling. This was my first real big photo trip and I loved it! I hope to do more with my photography in the future...I really enjoy it! Hope you like the slideshow (you can CLICK HERE to view the photos in our album (if the slideshow doesn't load below)).

Memorial Day in the Ochoco Moutains

We spent the holiday over in the Ochoco Mountains. They are different than the Cascade's b/c they are really green and grassy. They aren't high altitude peaks like Bachelor and Three Sisters, but they are a really "healthy" mountains with huge Pondarosa Pines that have lots of room around them and green medows with wild flowers. We spent the day cookin' over the campfire, shooting some skeet, and riding an ATV. It was sooo much fun. We went up with our rad friends The Millers (Michelle and Conor) and the Wytsma Family. Good Times, Great Oldies, Kool 105.0FM

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CAMPING!!!

We've been doing some Camping up in the Cascade Lakes (endless lakes seated up in the mountains...extremely beautiful). This trip we went with our good friends the Fitch's. We did some fishing, exploring, and story telling around the campfire...you should ask Jon to tell you the Marshmallow Man story :) We're looking forward to lots of camping this summer!

Gary's HomeBrew

Well I officially brewed by own beer - a crisp summer wheat beer. It basically took a few hours of cookin' and four weeks of sittin'...it sat in the bottles a few weeks and now it's ready for drinkin'. It makes me feel pretty burly, like a real Oregonian...now where'd I put that flannel and extra beard?

Oh Maui

We're actually missing Maui right now :( It's weird that we didn't miss it during the winter months, but now that it's basically summer and beautiful here in Bend, we miss the island. It's crazy to think that we actually lived there...in Hawaii...what a dream come true. Now it's our life ambition to LIVE in the places that most people vacation...b/c why not? I just mainly wanna hit some surf right now...we'll be in SoCal in a few weeks and I'm ganna surf my brain out!