One last trip to the river...

We had a cool, cloudy and rainless day on Saturday, so we elected to head down to the river to kill some time and to get to some places that are pretty inaccessible most of the year due to high water. Chances are that the rains will be coming in soon, and this particular trip probably won't even be possible again until July of next summer. We took a lot of pictures. Here you go.

Drew is wearing his new Beijing Olympics 2008 hat. I actually won it from NBC while answering trivia questions online as I watched the Olympics. I was pretty surprised when the Fedex envelope arrived, and Drew pretty much insisted that it become his. Enjoy your new hat, son.

Drew practices his balancing skills... he'll need them later.

Drew.

Drew, Mom and a log.

Heron on a post in the Columbia River.

Drew enjoys throwing rocks in the river.

Drew, the flowers and the weird driftwood trees.

So we get to this spot that looks like all of these dead trees are sticking out of the ground. It turns out, each one of these dead trees was actually driftwood planted there by someone. There was evidence that some of them had been placed there recently, and some had obviously been there a long time. It was cool and creepy at the same time.

Jill and the creepy trees.

Dad and Drew had WAY too much fun climbing on these logs.

That balancing practice really paid off.

Dad and Drew on the log.

Drew checking out Dad who had just checked out the next leg of our journey.

Drew found what was either a teen drinking spot, or a bum lair. It was surprisingly clean for either.

More creepy trees.

Dad and Drew on the way back.

All good things must come to an end, for Drew, it ends a bit more painfully than for others.