Life with the Conleys

In late July we went to an air show at Payne Field in Everett. It was predominantly WWII era airplanes, which was pretty cool. I think air shows are interesting but Josh and Eli both really enjoy them. Inside the Pan American DC-3 Two happy guys  Eli was not a fan of the teeth on this P-40 Watching the show.  We think this is a Grumman Hellcat A few weeks later we went on a hike to Bertha May and Pothole Lakes. Pothole is a good descriptor for both the lake and the road to the trailhead. We ended up parking on the side of the road and walking the last hundred yards to the trailhead because we did not have the clearance to tackle the last section of "road". The hike was fairly short and the bushes around the trail were packed with huckleberries. They were ripe, and dense, and delicious. The abundance huckleberries made up for the total lack of fish. We always hope there will be good fishing in the lakes we hike to, but that seems to rarely be t

I wasn't sure this would happen again. Eight months is a long hiatus and I thought that perhaps this blog had died. I'm still not sure if this is one last heartbeat before keeling over forever or if it's been fully revived, but here we are. In truth, the extended absence stems from this  event. Every post after that seemed like it should have been about something else. Instead of a small, happy family on a hike, it should have been about a growing belly and the twins that would soon make an appearance or crazy life as a family of five.  Every post since then felt a little forced and fake. The experiences themselves were real and happy, but coming here to write about them was unpleasant because it was not at all what I wanted to be blogging about. But time has passed and it seems ok again. And so we will begin where we left off. Memorial Day 2016 we hiked into Heather Lake. It was a pretty lake but there were more people on the trail than any other hike I can remember. I