Pocatello Fire

Yesterday a fire started in Pocatello, Idaho. Jake was born and raised there, and I have lived in Pocatello for 7 years. We still own a house there! Thankfully, the fire wasn't anywhere near our home, but for so many others they were not as lucky. Reports are now saying 66 homes were lost, and 29 additional buildings burned. Many pets and livestock gone.  The pictures being posted on Facebook are devastating, and it is hard for me to comprehend that they are real. No real word yet on the cause of the fire. I have read different speculations ranging from a kitchen fire that got out of control to the fire being blamed on fireworks. Our hearts go out to all our friends and family and the community of Pocatello as they dealwith this tragedy.

Picture Attack!!!!

I have been negligent with updating our new lives here in Oregon!!  So now you get PICTURE ATTACK!!!  Ready.....set.....go!!

Horsfall Beach

Really cool tree on Horsfall Beach

Baby Octopus??!?!  What?!?!!

Japanese debris from the earthquake in Japan a YEAR ago!!  Finally washing up on shores all over Oregon and the coast!!  We found this tonight: June 27, 2012!

More debris on the beach.  Possibly a seat of some kind?

Treasures from the sea

Umpqua River Lighthouse

Inside the lighthouse lamp

My little sister, "Jo" and I on the beach in Bandon, right next to the Coquille River Lighthouse.

"Jo" climbing rocks at Devils Kitchen beach in Bandon, OR

One of my nicknames in my immediate family is "Bee".  Jo and I wrote our names in the sand on the beach in Bandon, OR.

Well, we WERE there......

Coquille River Lighthouse