Sunday, August 15, 2010

A Little Time Away..

Aaron and I were so blessed this weekend with a short trip to the Oregon Coast. Jim, dentist Aaron works for, and his wife Debbie, paid for all of his employees, their spouses, and children’s rooms, some meals, and fun. I think my favorite parts of the trip were the glass blowing studio, where we made our own floats, and the campfire last night on the beach. It was a great time with new faces and a relaxing time for Aaron and me. Here are a few pictures!Pacific City Office Trip 006Guess who? This was early Saturday morning looking out of our room. Unfortunately, you can’t see the ocean but it is there.

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Aaron at the glass factory working on his float. He’s standing next to the cooler furnace. It’s only 2,100 degree F.

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Part of our group. Watching the process and waiting for our turns.

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This is a float going into a 3,000 degree F furnace. I was truly taken aback by the amount of heat those furnaces released. It was staggering.

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Jim, Aaron’s boss, and Andrew, the glass artist, making Jim’s bowl.Pacific City Office Trip 087

Here is Jim’s bowl, right after it was removed from the metal rod.

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My Float. The really amazing thing is that our air is sealed inside our floats forever :-)

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Aaron’s Float

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  The view out from our room this morning.

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And my favorite part of vacation… Brining souvenirs home to the kids and watching them light up knowing that we are back.

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lissawi said...

That looks like a lot of fun. I'm glad you had a great vacation!

Elyse said...

Very cool! Love the floats you made!! So pretty!

WG4

Rachel said...

what a fabulous trip and your creations are wonderful!