Sweet Home and Swimming Hole- Day 2

For the second day of our trip we went to one of our favorite places ever... Sweet Home. Here are a few of the reasons we love it so much. Some of our favorite people live here, or near here. Here are a few of the Bastings that we got to see.

Seth, Donna and Amber, and a little glimpse of baby Molly.

One of the other things that we love about coming to Sweet Home is getting to swim in some super fabulous swimming holes. The first place that we hit was a cliff jumping spot along the Santiam River. It is glacier run-off, so very cold, but usual quite clear. The water is too cold and deep and the cliffs too high for all of us to brave the jumps. So we split in to two groups.

The Spectators.

And the Jumpers!

Duane

Caleb

Our second swimming stop was to the kid friendly spot. One of the few near Foster Lake that you can walk in to the water. Amber and her boys met us there to play. Grant and Henry had lots of fun throwing rock in the water at everyone else.

One high... One low.

Henry and Dad just swimming around.

The last swimming stop was to our favorite place of all... The Weigh Station... and also a beautiful little hike to the jumping spot. This place has the warmest water (still a shock of cold), and so many jumps from all levels for everyone. It was just as good I remember it.

Look at that fabulous form.

Double jump. And Natalie's first cliff jump ever.

We also got to hang out at Donna and Jim's house, which is our other favorite Sweet Home stop. We have so many great memories of being with them. We were so grateful to get to see them and get to spend time enjoying their company.