My Fathers Day with the kids, in Hood River

Father's Day was technically on Sunday. I spent Saturday with my kids, so this was my Father's day. Several times a year, we make the pilgrimage to Hood River. There are several points of interest we stop at each time. 

First is Packer Orchards Bakery . We stop here to sample jams and cookies. And pick one of the many varieties of pies. This time we all had Peach Sweetened Apple Pie. The bakery uses as little sugar as they can. Many of the pies have no sugar, but are sweetened by the fruit itself. 

This is the folded Apple Pie. 

Next stop is Draper Girls Country Farm. We stop here to visit the goats and play on the swing. We will buy some fruit too depending on the season. For many years we have visited the goats. This was the first time we were able to hold the babies. They were only two weeks old and had no names. The owner, Theresa, said we could name them. We came up with some good names. Brownie and Powder. Theresa's dog is already named Powder. So we have to come up with another name. We are thinking Marshmallow. 

The goats are fun to watch. They were taking turns leaping into the wheel barrow. 

Our next stop is to visit the Alpacas. There is a dog named Charlie there. He seems to be the center of attention. The Alpacas are cool too, but Charlie rocks. 

Inside, where the Alpaca knitting supplies are sold, was a cat named Pearl. Pearl loved the attention. 

The valley view is incredible. The picture doesn't do it justice. 

More Charlie. Ann Marie says, he is like one big pillow. 

In another pen, was a puppy. So we had to go check him out. What we found were some curious Alpacas. They were recently shaved. They just stared at us while we played with the puppy. 

And this is Ace. He is new to the farm and is in the pen to get used to being around the Alpacas. He is just a puppy and is huge. He will be the same size as Charlie if not bigger. 

We went back to the Packer Orchards Bakery to get an ice cream, then back to Draper Girls Farm. There is a swing that the kids love to play on. 

On the way home, we went around Mt Hood. So we stopped at Meadows to check on the melting snow. This is where we ski during the winter.