Saturday at Mark's place

Sue's brother Mark and his wife Sandy live in Waldport, just a few miles north of Yachats, where back in the 70s her father built a little cottage for his large family. Mark owns and carefully cares for a large hunk of land on which there are two elk herds, a number of green roadways, a forest, and a view of a lake and beyond that (on clear days) a glimpse of ocean. 

Mark wanted to show us how he's managing the forest, and we were happy to be led around. We joined Mark and Sandy for lunch, they joined us for dinner at the cottage, and we played several hands of rummy (Sue won) by the warm fire.