ROUGHING IT: This morning about 8:30 Christian called to tell me he and the kids were going to have breakfast and then hit I-5 northbound for the long (6 hour or so) drive north.The three of them had spent the last three nights camping at Baker Bay Campground on Dorena Lake in Lane County, Oregon (Google Earth photo below).
Christian took a few photos of their adventures. From all accounts, it sounds like they spent a fair amount of time in and around the water. Annabelle rode an orca, and one day they all took turns being pulled on an innertube behind a boat.
In typical CJ fashion, CJ spent a lot of his time contemplating things (no doubt having to do with bits and bytes). And once in awhile he snuck away to get a fix (via his Nintendo DS).
Annabelle even spent a little time "babysitting" Christian's cousin's little twins. I'll bet she was good at it. 
As our trio headed north in the good ol' '78 VW camper van, we kept in contact via text message and a couple of phone calls as they made their way. Finally, around 5:30 this evening they arrived. It was very good to see them. :)So tomorrow we'll do some more unpacking and then it's back to business as usual.
"OUR" ASTRONAUTS IN THE OVAL OFFICE: Today, the crew of STS-132 Atlantis (the guys we watched blast off into space!) met with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House.
I sure hope the astronauts urged the president to do everything in his power to keep the Space Shuttle program going until NASA has a proven substitute in place.
From left, STS-132 Commander Ken Ham; Expedition 22/23 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer; STS-132 Mission Specialists Piers Sellers, Garret Reisman, and Steve Bowen; President Obama; STS-132 Mission Specialist Michael Good; and STS-132 Pilot Tony Antonelli. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
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