Pepe Le Pew in Brookings

Last weekend, it was the Morris family reunion at the Oregon Coast in Brookings. We stayed at our usual spot, Harris Beach. We had two yurts this year, one for us and one for Jake and Stacey, and the rest of the family stayed in the tents. The trip was made especially interesting the first night, after dinner. We were sitting around waiting for Jake and Stacey to arrive. I walked over to one side of the picnic table, and there, right in the grass, was a skunk! I told everyone, and we hurried and jumped up and ran away from the table. No one else saw the skunk, so almost everyone started saying"Oh, it was just a raccoon." I was pretty sure that tail sticking up with a stripe down it was a skunk! That night, Shane had to get up to go to the bathroom, and sure enough, as he was walking out of our yurt, he saw the skunk walking down the path between our yurt and the tents. Even though there were no more skunk sightings after that, Jake named him Pepe le Pew. Nate and Becky also saw a sign at the Ranger station that said "Last Cougar Sighting in this Camp - 8/6/08." So that was two days before we got there!!! Luckily, we didn't have any cougar encounters, but with a skunk and cougar wandering about, it definitely kept me from any midnight bathroom stops.
Landon loved the beach, and cried when we left because he wanted to play in the sand more. Davis did great despite the fact that he was cutting his two top teeth while we were there. Thankfully, they're all in now! Here's a slidshow of our trip.