Gold Beach, OR, Day 4

On our 4th day in Gold Beach we all got up bright and early to catch our boat, Jerry's Rogue Jet boat. This is our second annual jet boat ride and we had so much fun last year that we made sure that we got our same captain, Kevin, for the same tour, 80 miles.

The girls were very excited to get on the boat.

Abby and Kera also wanted to make sure that we got wet so...we asked Kevin for the wettest spot on the boat!

Seated and ready to go...

As soon as we got on the boat we saw some amazing wild life...

Swallow nests under the bridge

Majestic bald eagle

 

 Osprey

more Osprey

 

...and amazing scenery!

 

 

As I said, the girls wanted to get wet and...they got their wish. I was wearing jeans and after our second 360 my undies were wet! Next time, water proof pants!

Time for lunch at the AMAZING Lucas Lodge.  We ate there last year and just had to come back!

 

The most amazing fried chicken lunch with the freshest of ingredients.

 

Back on the boat headed back to town.

 

 

Such an amazing morning! We can't wait to see Kevin again next year!

 

After the boat Jim and I made a detour to out favorite brewery! We LOVE their beer and drank at least a growler a day...at least!

 

Don't worry, we still had time to play in Roger's house.

Also, earlier in the week we went blackberry picking. Unfortunately the berries were not quite ripe yet but after a long day on the river we still had enough to make blackberry shortcake.

 The night ended perfectly with the best sunset of the trip!