Wolfe's Neck Weekend

According to Facebook this is the 6th annual Wolfe's Neck weekend with our college friends.

We missed Matt and Annalee, who were getting married (Congrats!! 🎉💖🎉) and Vicky, Michael,Tony, Laurie, Chris and of course, Maya, who were all attending the wedding (yay weddings!!) as well as Kendra, who hurt her back (boo! feel better! 😔) and Lucy, who was working and recovering after a two week vacation with her extended family, but it was still an amazing weekend and always so great to get together with old friends.

The kids had a blast together, there was lots of dog walking with Bodhi, Neal and Kendra's new rescue dog, there were walks around the farm and down to the water, there were monarch caterpillars and hay baling to be seen, there was coffee at the water's edge, time spent on the beach playing and even swimming (thanks, Doug!), glorious sunsets, fires, s'mores and sparklers, running, and most of all, time spent with the best of friends laughing, chatting, and just plain enjoying each other's company. It is always a highlight of the summer and so much fun. Thanks everyone!

I'll let the photos do the talking...

Sam & Bodhi at the beach

Coffee with a view 💗

Kids at the beach

Walking out to the island at low tide

Farm vista

Taking a walk around the farm (2.4 miles)

Blue beads

Monarchs 💗🐛💗

Bees on the thistle 🐝🌸

Visited the cows at the dairy barn

🌻😍

Chickens at the farm

Baaa!

A heart for Ann 💓

Sun setting

Fun with sparklers

These kids 💜💜

Yup, she's wearing a winter hat 😂 with cat ears on it 😍

Eagle in the pine tree!! 

Swimming out to the island at high tide

Thanks, Uncle Doug! None of the rest of us adults wanted to swim in the cold ocean water. Thanks for being such a good sport! 💗💗

More swimming!

Sam and Charlotte

My little fish. Last to get out of the water 💗🐠

Sunset 😍

Fire

Sun setting over the hay fields

Glorious sky

Fun by the fire

Of course, the only photo of the adults was this one... 😂😂 Sent to Michael and the others at the wedding with much love and laughter. Hey, they started it! But seriously, this pretty much sums us up in a nutshell! 😄😜😆😂

The weekend wasn't as centered around running as it typically is, with most of the running crew away at the wedding, but I couldn't miss out on a few explorations of one of my favorite local places. Emily drove over and met up with me for a run on Sunday morning and we toured around Wolfe's Neck while she regaled me with stories of her weekend out in Bend with the Picky Club. Sounded awesome, and great to catch up! 😎 (7.3 miles)

And then this morning, I was up and going before anyone else in camp was out of bed for a cool and quiet run up into the park again for one last lollypop loop before we packed up and headed home. Love the ocean views and the osprey calling 😍 Definitely a bit stiff after a weekend of camping, sleeping in a tent and getting up on a cold morning and running without any sort of warm up or stretching or anything, but worth it, regardless. Great way to wrap up a really fun weekend! (6.1 miles)

Always knew there was a 2nd Osprey nest in the park, but didn't ever see it until today! The chirping gave it away! 💗