Family vacation

The Good: Feeding the seals at the Seaside Aquarium, flying kites on the beach under sunny skies, picking blackberries while walking to breakfast, wild bunnies outside our motel rooms, visiting the largest sitka spruce in the U.S., lunch at Camp 18, four cousins running, playing and laughing together.

The Bad: Four adults and four children and no reservations for lunch, no naps, four adults and four children and no reservations for dinner, two wet dogs inside our motel room, four cousins whining, crying and screeching together.

The Ugly: One dog throwing up in the car after drinking too much sea water.