Judy has officially retired from Deloitte and Touche. Well, she actually retired at the end of last year, but it took until now to get something organized to celebrate the occasion. So this weekend we headed out to Cape Disappointment State Park outside of Longbeach for camping. There were 3 trailers and the rest of us stayed in yurts. We had pretty great weather all in all. It rained on us pretty good Friday night but all day Saturday was dry and sunny. We got about 30 minutes of rain Sunday, but again it was mostly dry.
Part of the festivities for the weekend was heading to Astoria to The Seafood Center for a cooking class and dinner. We cooked salmon with a balsamic red onion glaze, butternut risotto, marinated roasted vegetables and garlic bread. Everyone did a little part of the meal whether it was chopping, cleaning, stirring or spreading. It was a lot of fun and the meal was delicious!
Alistair did a good job hanging in there. He wore his chef outfit from New Year's (minus the hat) but wasn't really interested in the cooking aspects. They had a big hanging screen and system for playing movies or music. We brought Finding Nemo (not realizing until we got there how appropriate it was!) and they put it up on the big screen for him. That made it more enjoyable for everyone! (: 
He had his booster seat on the floor to sit in and got to have dinner while watching the movie (what a treat!). He also got his Dino Nuggets grilled on the flat top grill, how fancy! (:
There was razor clam digging again this weekend. Everyone, minus one person, got up early (the morning after daylight savings time mind you) and headed out to the beach for the morning tide. There were 8 of us that had licenses and a limit is 15 clams. We were out for 2 hours or so and got 11 clams TOTAL. It was a group effort with people spotting clam holes and someone else digging. Despite the small take, it was fun and I think those who stuck it out had a good time!
We had 15 people and a toddler camping together. We all wanted to be able to eat together, so we made accommodations accordingly. Judy added the finishing touches with her 2 candle abras - very classy!
Alistair is a true outdoorsman. He LOVES camping. He spent all day wandering around, exploring areas and playing in the dirt, puddles and anything else that looked like fun. There was plenty of people to keep an eye on him, so we just let him go. He was so crabby when we got home yesterday and we firmly believe he wasn't happy to be home! (:
Our camping group!
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