Trip to Washington: Day 3, Part 3

February 26, 2011

Drove to Oregon coast.

COLD day!

Hug Point

Before roads, covered wagons had to wait for low tide to cross ...

Hence, the name "Hug Point"

Proof that Sasquatch existed?

Ecola State Park

Trip to Washington: Day Two

Day Two:

February 25, 2011

Portland, OR

Emily had been wanting to see the Pittock Mansion,

but no one in her family of boys would go with her.

So what are girls weekends for!!

Amazing house!

Amazing view!

Marble staircases

Revolutionary showers

I chose a VERY cold weekend to visit.

But it made for some great pics!

Emily took me to see Powell's Bookstore ..

Largest Independent Used and New Bookstore in the World.

Amazing!

Only in Portland do you see street signs like this ...

One of Emily's favorite doughnut shops

VooDoo Doughnut

Mount Hood off in the distance

Trip to Washington: Day One

February 24

Landed in Portland, OR

Emily picked me up and took me to these amazing falls.

We match!

Emily's next door neighbors, including Juan, the donkey,

who I had heard a lot about, but was not so hospitable on my visit.

Quant little house in the secluded woods of Vancouver.

Valentine's Day

The kids got mini pillow pets to match the ones they got for Christmas. They were excstatic!

And of course, the heart shaped pizza for dinner

And cakes for dessert.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

Sweethearts Race

Josh decided to sign us all up for the Sweethearts Race. The plan was for Josh & I to run the 5K and the kids to run the 1K. Well, I hadn't run for a few months and we didn't want to have to worry about finding someone to watch the kids while we ran, so we decided to all run the 1K together. The kids had a blast. They all keep asking when we are gonna run another race. I guess we'll have to make a tradition of it!