Raymond WA Family Trip - May

Way back in May we took a family weekend trip to Raymond, WA. You drive towards the Ocean for about 5.5 hours to get there. We got there at night but this is what we woke up to the next morning. This is the view our friends have from their front window. Up close is the bay at Raymond & way out by the peninsula there is the Ocean.

Our friends the Johnsons have family that live there. When they talked about living right on
the ocean I couldn't imagine what that meant exactly. It was spectacular! All this property to
play around on. Very cool.

Brad, the cousin of Jon Johnson, build this rat rod that the kids are standing in.
Very neat rat rod if you like this sort of vehicle. All made with scraps. A little of this a little of
that.

We wanted to go find clams so here we are way out there walking out to the perfect

spot. The boys are on the 4 wheeler getting lessons on how not to get stuck in the mud.

I'd never gone claming. Don't like to eat clams. No one from my family ate them but we

had fun finding them, with our feet. They were butter clams. We placed them in a bucket, kept fresh water on them all day & then roasted them over the fire. The Johnson clan slurped them up. It was interesting & gross. Hunting them with our feet was really the funnest part.

We were so muddy & we'd only been going for a few minutes here. We spent hours doing this. Thank goodness I didn't lose my balance when my feet got stuck in the deep mud. Would have added to the fun & laughter.

The boys are trying to find the perfect branch to cut into roasting sticks for our campfire.
Give Austin a knife & he'll find something to cut. Of course he wanted the largest branch.

Whitney trying to whittle. Preston managed to create a double roasting stick. This brick wall behind them is the 50 foot wall at the end of the lawn in between the bay & their home. We went for a walk all along the water, 4 wheeled & dug for clams on their property. Would love to own this type of property. Below is where they build the large bon fires. We also had fun setting off a few fireworks from here once it got dark.

Roasted hot dogs, smores, baked beans, boiled butter clams & ate salads & fruit cobbler from the Johnson's Aunt. Very fun!

This sunset pic was taken from the campfire. Isn't it beautiful. We sat around the campfire till it was late into the night. What wonder & amazement Heavenly Father's landscape provides.