Swimming and Trees.

So on Sunday morning we got up, had breakfast with the B&B (retired farmers) owners and fellow guests (a mother and daughter from Michigan) and then we went down to the pier to look at the boats.


Then we went to mass at the Star of the Sea. The web site doesn't show the cool sea-scape stained glass.

Then we went back down to the harbor to the Southern Oregon Kite Festival. There were lots of kites.


Here is a video of the festival's founder doing his solo kite routine:



We unfortunately did not get to see any synchronized kite flying :(

Then we went and ate and then it was off to the trees. We decided, in order to leave as much time (and energy) as we wanted for swimming, to just do a few easy trails through the trees rather than one big one. The first place we stopped was right on Hwy 199:


Then we headed over to the "second bridge" swimming hole on the Smith River.It was fun.


Then we had to hit the Stout grove:


Where we hiked a couple more easy trails, including this one which brought us back to the Smith River...

And where we came across this singular family out for a stroll with their goats:
We finished with a sunset drive on Howland Hill Road, where we were obliged to stop for a picture in front of the picture stump:

Then we went back to Brookings for a nice meal at the Italian restaurant.