A Day At the Coast

Today we convinced Reed to take a day and we headed for the coast. We had Jackie, Zach and the boys meet us in Tillamook at the cheese factory. We had a lot of fun touring the cheese factory and then having lunch together. Afterwards Reed, Jessica and I headed for Cape Meares outside of Tillamook. It is really cool because you start off at the cape above the light house. As you walk out towards the end of the cape you are on level with the light portion of the light house. Today the lighthouse was open and we got to go inside! It is no longer a functioning lighthouse, but it was interesting to see it from the inside. The weather was everything from stormy to sunny!

Reed had quite the hunting experience this week. We both got deer tags since we have a huge overpopulation here this year. They have done quite a bit of damage to our trees, so we decided to try our luck at hunting right here on the farm. Our main motive was to decrease the population and damage, not so much for meat. So the first day of the season, Reed walked out the front door with his gun. As he left, Jessica asked him what he would do if got one. No response since we highly doubted any of us would get it. So as Reed walks down the driveway and got to the garden area and thought he saw something on the lower side of the garden. He took a shot. Up at the house, we heard the shot and waited for the yelling to begin, but nothing. So I went to the window to see what was happening. I saw Reed walking down the road just looking for deer. Was I ever surprised when he turned and shot again to make sure something was dead. He managed to shoot through the fence around the garden and hit the deer in the neck, killing it instantly and dropping it where it was. It was a nice buck. So we now have deer meat that we will be making into jerky and trying in various recipes. Reed has now been named the Great White Hunter!

Next week we meet with the contractor to begin design plans! Wish us luck!