Leaving Missoula we discovered that our hotel was right across the street from “beer Mecca”. Next time we do this route we’ll plan an extra day in Missoula. Down the road we decided to take a quick stop at Pompey’s Pillar National Monument. The Native Americans called it “the place where the mountain lion lies” […]
We started with a Birthday Breakfast for daughter Jennifer. Then it was time to hit the road. The destination for the evening was Missoula Montana. We drove up the gorge, across to tri-cities, up to Spokane, a quick dash across the Idaho panhandle and into Montana. Other than the spectacular scenery (and the part between
The Sunday Morning activity was a visit to the Westmoreland Nature Park. This is a portion of a city park in Southeast Portland has a “nature-based” play area. This includes: Logs to clamber over: A pond (where they were having “milk carton” boat races) A sand pit with water and a supply of sand
The morning started with manual labor – a trip to the u-pick berry farm. Berries are a couple of weeks late this year so blueberries weren’t on yet, but we did have fun with strawberries and raspberries. In the afternoon the kids celebrated the 100 degree weather by taking to the kiddie pool that
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
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
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,
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
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
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.