We tried to go to Oregon on Thursday, but severe weather kept us home. We tried again on Saturday and had much better luck. We arrived right on time with a few new how-tos for traveling.
1. If you begin travel at night and your plane gets delayed, you don't have as many opportunities to get out the same day. Pretty obvious. This lesson cost us two days of vacation.
2. Traveling at night with a 1 year old sucks. I'm sure this lesson cost several strangers several hours of sleep. For anyone reading this has ever been on a plane with a crying baby, believe me, the parents feel really really bad about it and would do just about anything to make it stop.
In the end it was all worth it because we had an awesome time in Portland and then at a beach house in Seaside. It was Milena's first time at the beach since she's been mobile. It might be an understatement to say she loved it.
The weather was overcast and foggy the entire time, but it was still beautiful and it didn't stop us from visiting several beaches, walking around down town, and just doing the family vacation thing. Ecola State Park was one of my favorites. It looks just like the Oregon coast looks like in my imagination.
Fort Stevens was also really nice. There was a big sand dune for running down, a big shipwreck to explore and what looks like miles and miles of beach. The way it runs of into the mist, it looks like you could walk forever. Milena walked around smiling the whole time. Claire was off wandering on her own. She was so busy all week, I was lucky if I could get a picture of her running off to explore/pretend something.
Also this past week we sold our Maine house, so thats big news. And the day after that was our anniversary (eight years!), so there was much cause for celebration. Our flights home were thankfully during the day and went as smoothly as expected. I am looking forward to February, however, when Mike an I will get on a plane to Germany without the kids. Its been a while.
Many thanks to Maighie and Emily for coming up with the idea and then setting it up. We had a great time and can't wait to do it again.
2 comments:
Looks like a great vacation. Hopefully Mike didn't mess up his knee jumping on that sand dune. The one time I've seen him jump like that, it ended badly.
We are going to Germany tomorrow to visit some friends. They happen to live about 10 miles from where we will be staying in February. We will scout out the area and report back.
Such a lovely visit, thank you for making the trip!
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