Family Vacation to the Oregon Coast

 We took a trip to the Oregon Coast.  Megan's parents met up with us.  It has been over 12 years since our last trip to the coast with them.  They came from Boise and we met up together about halfway.  We made it to I-84 and called them and they were 3 miles behind us.  Best timing ever. :)  We stopped at Bonneville Dam on the way and Multnomah Falls.  Our trip was rainy, sunny, very windy, stormy, fun, leaky, powerless and very memorable.  Winds were recorded at up to 100 on the coast.  Kids loved running from the waves, searching for shells (and sharks teeth), and digging in the sand.  We about got blown away a couple of times as well.

 The first day we drove to Newport and went to the Oregon State Science Center. We had a great time!  We felt all the sea creatures, saw jelly fish, an octopus that they are going to be releasing within the next couple of weeks and many other sea animals.  We went to go see the sea lions on the bayfront after and ate at Mo's.  Yum!

We tried to go to Tillamook the next day, but the weather did not allow us to.  We spent the morning at the outlet mall and had fun shopping.  Lots of games were played throughout the afternoon/evening.

The next day we were able to make it to Tillamook.  We toured the cheese factory and ate ice cream.  After our tour, we went to the Air Museum.  The kids loved it!  It was a lot of fun and they enjoyed getting in the planes.  A beautiful sunny afternoon/evening without rain or wind on the beach made for a fun way to end our last day at the beach.

Glad the road home opened up again.  It was closed from trees falling.  This was an experience we will not forget. Waves came up all the way to the cement wall and over the ramp splashing Nate as he stood looking over.   We couldn't even walk on the beach during the mornings.

There are just too many photos to upload on here.  If you would like to see all the pictures please go to this link: http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?fbTitle=Oregon+Coast+Thanksgiving+2011&fbThumbURI=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kodakgallery.com%2Fimaging-site%2Fservices%2Fdoc%2F742335221507%2Fjpeg%2FBG%2F.jpg%3Fp%3D5363&_requestid=416475

Thankful for a wonderful vacation and thanks to wonderful neighbors for watching Yeager and Oreo while we were gone.  We even made it home to spend a couple of hours with Nate's family out at the farm.  We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends!