Labor Day Weekend

Rich Holliday and Cris Sabaten sitting by the campfire.

Brian Landau getting smoke in his eyes.

Steve stoking the fire and getting it under the grill to cook the baby back barbecued ribs...yummy!

Baby back ribs, corn on the cob, baby back ribs, corn on the cob...

Steve and I enjoying the coals of the fire. 

Claudio Diaz de Leon

Brian Landau

Cris Sabaten

Claudio bringing the necessities for the campfire...a cooler filled with beer and Tim's Cascade potato chips.

Claudio using his dog, Griz, as a pillow.

This was a fun weekend spent with good friends.  The weather held out for the most part...we only had to duck for cover on a couple of occasions.  Unfortunately for Steve, I was in a cast and using crutches, so I was not able to give him any assistance.  The others offered and gave a lot of help, but Steve pampered all of us with good meals throughout the weekend.

Rick and Heidi's Visit

Steve's son-in-law Rick and his water-fearing dog.

 

A friend of the family who had just discovered the clay on the

beach.  Steve's grandson is directly behind "mudboy" and 

"mudboy's" sister is behind them both.

 "Mudboy" drying out.

Steve's daughter, Heidi, and her husband Rick, and their two children joined us on one of those hot days in August.  Steve and I were working on the cabin and their arrival happened just at the time we were ready for a break.  They brought us a much appreciated lunch.  Another family that are friends of Rick and Heidi also joined us and everyone took to the river to cool off.

The riverbed in front of the cabin has a lot of clay deposits.  When we finally get the cabin finished, we hope to  make some things with the clay.