Krembendous: August 2008

Greetings from a 4 month hiatus from the blog. Summer has come and gone but work calls again. We are back in Korea and in full swing with work and school. I've attached a bunch of pictures below to look at. Part 1 is of the our 2 week roadtrip to Colorado and back. Part 2 is the rest of the summer with family and friends. Both blogs are a bit jumbled up with the picture order, so just know that it's not chronological.

After 2 days arriving from Seoul, we took off on a 2 week roadtrip. We took the scenic route through Montana and Wyoming.

So many buffalo.

Camping in Yellowstone near Madison. Jerry Garcia stayed next to us.

Brewing up some coffee in the morning.

Back in Spokane. The river was ragin!

Outside Anthony's Home Port restaurant with Jen's parents.

In Butte, MT. The Berkeley Pit is a toxic wasteland.

Breakfast camping in the Tetons. Sausages!

Morning in the Tetons.

Jenny at Jenny Lake.

This geyser had a funny name like Devil's Breath or something like that.

Artist Point

Camping in the Rockies. Jen looks tired but she still beat me in Scrabble.

We got breakfast and coffee at Copper Mtn Resort.

Our campsite in the Tetons.

In the morning, we had moose visitors.

A cool waterfall through a canyon in Southern Colorado.

Hanging out by the river.

Peek a Boo

Near the Great Sand Dunes Ntnl Park

Campsite in the Rockies.

We visited Ryan and Jolene in Denver for a night on our drive. This picture is at Red Rocks.

At the Great Sand Dunes. It was incredibly hot!

Toward the top. Make sure you don't wear flip flops in hot sand dunes.

What a unique place to visit.

Night out in Denver with Ryan.

At Jolene's parents house for breakfast. Her parents were very gracious hosts.

We stayed in Jolene's Dad's tricked-out garage. It was awesome! He even put in a bathroom.

Dinosaur tracks

The view from Red Rocks.

A geyser at Yellowstone

Can you guess the name of this one? Old Faithful.

Tetons from the car.

Ryan in Denver in front of the place he used to work. Zengo.

Buffalo herd a little too close to the car.

Hydrothermal pools

Next trip is Vietnam in 3 weeks!

Summer Part 2

Well, we had another fantastic summer and a whirlwind vacation of fun with family and friends. You might be asking yourself, "where is part 1?" It's coming. This set of pictures is from our new camera; whereas, the first part will be from the old. The pictures are a little out of order but generally chronologic.

Tam, Zoe, Jen, Slywia and Kristin after some tasty Mexican food at Green Lake.

Kathy and Tim with their handbuilt truck. Awesome work Tim!

Tom, Kappy and Mom in front of Tom's boat at Shilshole Marina.

Yummy...shish kebabs at Jen's parents in Spokane.

Avery and me at the O'Donnells before Jackson and Jess' wedding.

Tam and Jen at the wedding.

Jen and I at the reception at Salty's.

Tam and Brian

Out at the Krembs' Cabin. Conor, Gigi, Seamus and Vince. Who's got the most chocolate on them?

Annie rockin the waterskis.

Jen, Erika and Chloe at Jen's parents house.

Dave and Maria and the moon.

Maria and Dave on the porch.

Mom and Jen up at Paradise Lodge at Mt. Rainier

Dad and Jen almost at the summit...well not really.

Dad and I

Bottoms up! Having some wine at the cabin. A dance party erupted moments later.

Back at Rainier with Mom and Dad. (I told you they pictures were mixed up!)

Ah, our yearly visit to the Schreck's in Walla Walla. Schreck is dancing for Murphy.

BBQ at Chris and Zoe's in Seattle. Joe, Taylor, Matilda, Max and Owen

Chris is one talented croquet player. I've never beat him in 3 years of playing.

Annie and her boyfriend Mark. We had a nice time getting to meet him this summer. He seems like a great guy and they look very happy together. Cheers!

Kristin and Jen

Oh no...the truck died. We resurected her in the Tri-Cities with a run to Les Schwab. Yes, they did come running but no, there was no free beef. That is another month.

Avery putting on a show for us.

Avery and me

Chris and Max

Taylor - Stephanie and Dave's daughter

Back to Walla Walla for the 4th. We are drinking some cans of Colt 45. mmm...

Schreck is ready for the 4th.

Murphy, Tam and Jen looking menacing on the course.

The fellas looking bad.

Swat!

Matt Neff and Chloe

Erika and Chloe

Chloe in her baby dancing thingy. She was really funny dancing around in it.

Maria and Dave in front of their house. A forest fire came tooooo close for comfort this year.

A bird's nest at the front door.

Chris and Sylwia gave us matching Ballard t-shirts. They are a big hit in Korea because couples love to wear matching shirts here.

A happy family portrait of O'Dons, Avery, Tam, Jen and I.

Blue Angels in front of my parent's house!!!

There they go!

Lynn, Jess and Jen before the wedding of Kristi and Jason

There's Seamus zooming around.

Oh...fresh crab!

Sunset at Mom and Dad's

Enjoying dinner together.

Dad and I corking some wine.

Sylwia, Stephanie, Tam, Jen and Jamie at the famous gum wall at Pike Place Market.

Go Conor go!

Mom taught Jen how to make Angel Food Cake.

We drove up to Vancouver to pick up Jess and Hugo for Jason and Kristi's wedding. The ladies had some wine but Hugo brought me some microbrews from Montreal to try out. They were good.

Ok, so Jen and I had this all planned out...once we hit the border we pulled out flags, bandanas and played the Star Spangled Banner for them. "Welcome to America!" (They are Canadian/Quebecers). They were gracious enough to go along with it.