We rented the Old School House in Manzanita for the second straight year and headed out there on Friday morning with our friends. Not content with last year's craziness, we invited even more families to join the weekend party. We were 28 in all - Anne, Cuong, and Camille; Adrienne, Jeff, and Angelo; Michela, Brian, Ronan, and Filomena; Mary and Rowan; Todd, Elise, Oliver, and Genevieve; Ed, Elizabeth, Naomi, and Julian; and Paula, Matt, Jack, and Iris. Two families slept in pop-up trucks in the driveway. We had a shared Google spreadsheet to plan out the various meals and did an enormous grocery shopping trip together on Wednesday night.
It was great to be back at the house and find it familiar, and just as perfect for our purposes as remembered. The children were all a little older and more independent, which was great. They ran around the house and yard, enjoying the very un-Portland large grassy lawn, and we spent hours at the beach.
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