June 5, 2006
Our Trip
In a mad rush the morning before our flight, which we ended up missing by 3 minutes (you need to be checked in 45 min early),
we discovered that tim's driver's license had expired on his last birthday. Ari became the driver, adding another couple hundred dollars to our car bill b/c she is still a babe (24).
After a rainy first night at Mt. Rain-on-me National Park and traveling through Tacoma for church, we went straight to Silver Falls State Park
outside of Salem
.
From Salem we were able to try some wine
and tour Portland...love the bookstore.
Out of curiosity, and having no kids yet in our life, we decided to run across the cascades
to The Bend
in our Part-Time Cruiser
to camp
and see how much Oregon changes from Valley over Mountains to Desert.
On our way to see some old friends from Geneva OPC in their new home of Grants Pass
we stopped by Crater Lake National Park
to play in the snow
and see a baby bear. (No mom in sight, which freaked ari out.)
Returning to the airport in Seattle, we decided to head south into CA to see some red wood forests
and drive up the beautiful, but rainy coast of Oregon
so we could enjoy some of the true Rouge brews in Newport 
(our newest home brew is a clone of Rouge's Dead Guy and has matured into wonderful tasting ale.)
Our trip is now finished,
we're now home, our bags finally arrived safely, and we're longing for the moderate temperatures, the clean air, and all the state owned property of Oregon (alright, maybe that's just me).
BTW: Moms and Dads...I love having a SLR-digital camera. Thanks.
Posted by ari at June 5, 2006 12:52 PM | TrackBackwelcome back!! sounds like quite the adventure. Don't pine too much.
Posted by: Ruth at June 6, 2006 12:57 PMsounds like a fun trip! You've got to give me Crosby's email and address. Now that we are in Boise we can make a road trip to see them. Hey, you guys should move up to the northwest. We love it so far, except we need more friends...
Posted by: andyp at June 14, 2006 12:05 AMyeah, we told them about you guys being in Boise. Let me get their e-mail and i'll try and remember to get it to you. i'm glad you guys are enjoying it. you have a beautiful house!
Posted by: ari at June 15, 2006 12:18 AM