Yesterday we thought it might get a little hot in the valley, so we asked our friends (Jim & Vonnie Lash) if they wanted to cruise out to the beach :) It got up to 87 degrees, but the beach was a cool 68 degrees and a fairly brisk wind. That didn't stop us from planting our chairs in the sand and enjoying the ocean! Lots of kite flyers were out. We had  buffet lunch at Grande Ronde, Carol really likes the turkey. Then we came home and played Pinochle - great day! 

We're getting ready for our trip to Illinois next weekend :) Can't wait to see Dana, Ron and all the kids. We're also going to visit Ken & Chris Petersen, and hopefully, more friends from our home church in Waukegan. I'll post more when we return.