Some people do make a living selling chocolate, cranberry ketchup, salalberry jam, organic coffee and mixed-media sea anemones.We are jealous. And also tired (probably smelly, too). But the people at Art 101 in Bandon, Ore., are friendly, the coffee and brownies are tasty, the jam makes our peanut butter sandwiches seem gourmet, and grumpiness disappears when standing inside a "Bioluminescent Sea Cave," which inspires fish faces and maybe some Little Mermaid reenactments. Then we're back on the 101, heading north to Westlake Resort.
My family has spent a summer week on Siltcoos Lake since I was 2, and some of my favorite memories live here: learning to water ski, playing late-night Poker games on the dock and hide and seek between the cabins, battling canoes, performing original skits for the parents.
Sitting in the boat during the first run around the lake, wind blowing our faces and sun reflecting off the water, watching ospreys and blue herons fly overhead feels like home.
My family has spent a summer week on Siltcoos Lake since I was 2, and some of my favorite memories live here: learning to water ski, playing late-night Poker games on the dock and hide and seek between the cabins, battling canoes, performing original skits for the parents.
Sitting in the boat during the first run around the lake, wind blowing our faces and sun reflecting off the water, watching ospreys and blue herons fly overhead feels like home.
We fish with my dad, who has been saving lures from tree t
runks and docks for two generations of Lyons' kids, and Elizabeth, who begins asking how much longer we'll be out on the lake about 15 minutes into the trip. We tell her stories about her mom and Uncle Nate catching huge bass in the middle of the lake, but can't quite convince
runks and docks for two generations of Lyons' kids, and Elizabeth, who begins asking how much longer we'll be out on the lake about 15 minutes into the trip. We tell her stories about her mom and Uncle Nate catching huge bass in the middle of the lake, but can't quite convince 
her to cast away from the shore line.
No one catches anything this trip, but later in the week, I catch a 1.5 pound, large-mouth bass. We're heading towards the mouth of the Siltcoos River and a salamander surfaces to breathe before diving back down into the dark water. Oooh, a salam
andar! Momentarily
distracted from casting and reeling..then—bam! Bass hits my lure! I try to remember to breathe and reel while keeping the tip of my pole up and yelling for someone to get the net. Then I pose with my fish with a big, toothy smile that looks like it's 30 years ago, but the fish and the girl are bigger.
Après-fishing we go back to Mom and Dad's cabin. Everyone sits around the front room and dining table, talking drinking wine, eating brownies, reading celebrity gossip magazine and trying to pull Dad away from Facebook in order to place a highly competitive board game like Catch Phrase or Cranium. Like my sister Suzanne says, "We take our boardgames very seriously." It's not how you play the game, it's winning that's the goal, and for that, you want Suzer on your team.
andar! Momentarilydistracted from casting and reeling..then—bam! Bass hits my lure! I try to remember to breathe and reel while keeping the tip of my pole up and yelling for someone to get the net. Then I pose with my fish with a big, toothy smile that looks like it's 30 years ago, but the fish and the girl are bigger.
Après-fishing we go back to Mom and Dad's cabin. Everyone sits around the front room and dining table, talking drinking wine, eating brownies, reading celebrity gossip magazine and trying to pull Dad away from Facebook in order to place a highly competitive board game like Catch Phrase or Cranium. Like my sister Suzanne says, "We take our boardgames very seriously." It's not how you play the game, it's winning that's the goal, and for that, you want Suzer on your team.
—Jessica
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