Continuing to live up to it's reputation

Today started out with high hopes of a sunny day, but alas, it hasn't really come yet. Earlier, we went to the "jetty" at Fort Stevens. Jer, Joe, Rita, Kyle, HollyKate and Myles(in a back pack on Kyle) walked a bit while Mary D and I sat on the lookout. (She has a boot on because of a broken ankle so couldn't walk out.) It was sunny there tho a bit windy. The jetty itself is about a mile and half long, created in the 30's by the Corps of Engineers to somewhat control how the mouth of the Columbia River and The Pacific Ocean come together. It has made the passage to the Columbia much safer. As we drove away, we seem to drive right back into the marine layer hanging over Gearhart and Seaside.
Sad news today.... this morning around 6:45, a plane crashed into a vacation home in Gearhart... the two on the plane were killed; in the home, there were three injured and three more young children killed. Two of the adults in the home had gone for an early morning walk.... imagine coming home to the catastrophe. The home was being rented for a family reunion. Our prayers are with the families, the neighbors, the town.... It's so sad.