Summer Vacation

Summary
My brothers and their significant others as well as my parents and I gathered for a minature family reunion. It began on Friday and ended on Sunday. It was held in Hermiston, Oregon at my Parents House. Activities included lots of eating, Farm City Pro Rodeo, Umatilla Fair and Cliff Jumping. It was a grand time for us all and I believe we will continue to gather together several times a year.


Intro
I awoke on Thursday with a mild case of anxiety. I wanted to pack and leave as soon as possible. Luckily I still had to wash my clothes and take care of some cleaning at home. So I was properly delayed by sorting, washing, vacuuming, folding and other menial tasks. I finished most of my self-assigned tasks by about 2:00 p.m. and proceded to head to Russel's House. Upon arrival their I discovered nobody was at home. I called him only to find out he was at my house to have dinner with my grandparents before he left. So I headed back home and we ate dinner at my house around 6:00pm. After dinner we headed back to Russels house where we watched a movie and headed to bed. I awoke Friday without anxiety.


The Trip
We made our way east through the Cascade mountains and found ourselves in Sisters. We ate Lunch at the Gallery in downtown Sisters. After lunch we continued to travel north to Biggs Junction and then East to Hermiston Oregon. All along the way I pointed out land marks and interesting facts to Shannon. We arrived around 4:30 in Hermiston.


Cliff Jumping
The uncondoned sport by all parents however everytime i find myself in Hermiston I have to participate in this wonderous event. We first took my brother Luke and his girlfriend Molley out to the cliffs with us on Saturday. Matt and I proceded to lead by example as we jumped off of all the cliffs available to us. Thus Demonstrating the safety of the situation. Luke however was not convinced and only jumped off of cliffs that did not exceed 6ft. However Molley a bit more daring and a deep down thrill seeker proceeded to test her limites with higher cliffs untill stopping at a nice 22 footer. The next day we brought the Parents out to the cliffs and the dog. My mom did not take long to start jumping into the water. While it took about 30 minutes for my dad to even put his feet in the water. After about an hour or so he jumped off of the 6ft cliff which is quite an accomplishment if you know my dad. after a good 2 days of cliff jumping I feel as though I am good for the remainder of the year. So untill next year!


Farm City Pro Rodeo
My Parents bought all of use Tickets to the Rodeo in Hermiston. There we witnessed everything from bull riding, to steer wrestling to barrel racing. It was very entertaining to watch as cowboys would goof up or things would go wrong. It was also amazing to see a cowboy pull everything he set out to do in an almost perfect manner. However I do have to say that the Rodeo Clowns were the center of entertainment at the Rodeo. They seemed to be full of quck jokes and querky body movements. Overall I would go again. The only conn would be the wooden benches that quickly begin to hurt after the first couple events.


The Trip part 2
We departed late in the evening and arrived even later. Overall the trip back was very un-eventfull. We headed West to Portland and then South to Albany. We stopped twice first at Biggs Junction and Second along the Highway to change drivers. I was also able to check out Lukes new Apartment which seemed nice and had good begginings to being furnished.