Cape Kiwanda Visit-Barney Family Reunion

Growing up, the Oregon Coast beach my family frequented the most was Cape Kiwanda, located at Pacific City. Back in the day (I'm getting old!), it was a mostly undiscovered "treasure" of the coast. Now, it is a bustling place, but still wonderful: a fantastic beach, a "haystack" rock, and the awesome Cape to hike up and race down. I have great memories of renting beach houses here each December and of sledding and running down the dune. It's neat to see the natural changes to the dune as well.

Anyway, since our reunion was a short 30-minute drive from this wonderful, sentimental place, we decided to spend a full day there. Everyone packed their own sack lunch (quite the feat with 30+ people) and off we went. Here is the "gang" after we all conquered the mountain!

A few of my favorite shots. Skyler, once again, loving the sand; the men in their traditional race to the bottom; the spectacular Bald Eagle who hovered on the wind break right atop the dune for several minutes; another (partial) group shot on the beach; the McCune's braving the hill; and, Uncle Scott and boys flying the kite with the Cape in the background.

Everyone chose their "opponents" with whom to race down the hill. Aunt Cami, being the favorite aunt that she is:), went with the girl cousins! Kylene had been holding her hand, then told her she could do it by herself. The unfortunate results follow.

Upper left: the race begins, all is well; Upper right: major FACE PLANT!; bottom left: pick yourself up, pull the hair back, and continue; bottom right: mouth full of sand=huck a "loogy"! I hope you can see it in this picture. This just goes to show that my dad really did catch every important moment at the reunion! Poor Kylene, she handled the whole thing like a trooper, although I am sure it was pretty miserable.

A fun-filled day!