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Day 5 – June 23: Road to Beaverton

Moving day again. We struggled up out of our slumber (except for Spencer who is ALWAYS happy to wake up early) checked out and were on the road in relatively good time. We had one stop to make before getting to Jen and Brian’s place – The Evergreen Air and Space museum.   A couple […]

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Day 4 – June 22: Newport

The first activity of the day was to move. While we were on the coast we really wanted to visit the Newport Aquarium. It’s smaller than some, but for our money we think it’s the best. So after breakfast we packed up and drove down the coast to Newport Arriving at about lunch time we

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Day 3 – June 21: Beach Day

BEACH DAY! I should note that our AirBnB (even though it had a Tillamook address) was located just a short walk from the ocean on Cape Meares: Though we couldn’t see the ocean from the house we could clearly hear it. So we began the day with a walk to the beach. The kids ran,

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Day 2 – June 20: Road to the Coast #2

From The Dalles we set out on our second leg to the coast. We arrived early for check-in, but not too early to check out the Tillamook cheese factory.    After lunch there we headed south of Tillamook to the Air Museum The largest wooden structure in the world, the hanger was used by the

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Day 1 – June 19: Road to the Coast #1

We were up and out the door in reasonably good time. (When traveling with 1 1/2 and 8 year old grandsons 10:30 seems *very* reasonable.) Lunch was at the Sumpter Junction restaurant in Baker City. This was a bit of serendipity. Turns out they have an electric train that circles the room. Spencer was in

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Day 0 – June 18: The day before

The adventure actually started on Father’s day, June 18. We packed a picnic lunch and drove up to the Shaffer Butte picnic area: Great Views and a nice hike. Then we adjourned to the Pack Out drive inn for ice cream.

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