We went to Vancouver first thing but didn't take any pictures because... well... it just wasn't that great. We turned around quickly and headed back to the airport to part ways with Anna and pick up our rental car. We drove around a bit with no goals in particular and stopped at Burgerville for lunch.
Burgerville is an OR/WA thing and ALL their ingredients are local and sustainable and ALL their paper and plastic products are recycled and compostable. Seriously EVERYTHING in Portland is "Green."
Their menu changes with the seasons too, so Angus and I shared a fresh Oregon Blackberry milkshake. yum!
So... then... we did more driving (surprise!) but we stopped a couple of times to see the sights (mainly trucks, busses, and trains)
We headed to the coast and visited the Tilamook Creamery (cheese, fudge, and butter factory)
that's cheese... and this next one is cheese on the move!
Angus was not too thrilled with the Cheese Factory experience
Until... we got to the cafe where we ate, yep... you guessed, it Grilled cheese sandwich! yum!
While at the coast we also stopped at Blue Heron French Cheese farm for the petting zoo! (warning, severe cuteness is about to follow)
this rooster saw rod with the camera and actually posed!
We continued on to the Ocean where we found this lovely reminder that we are all at risk of death at any moment
A rare picture of (gasp!) me appears on the blog... this will be a collector's item people!
So... the Oregon coast. Pretty phenomenally pretty. I wasn't expecting to see any beach, but we found one, and went on it!
(this picture contains authentic frolicking)
(this one too)
Angus was really happy to be there... maybe just happy to be out of the car? Either way, it looked like the kid actually liked the beach. (gasp! there have been a lot of those... i know)
(more authentic frolicking of a different variety)
(there too)
There was a creepy cave at one end of the beach so of course we headed that way... not my idea.
It went through the cliff.
Here's the other side of the cliff (what Rod was looking at)
We headed back right away.
and made it out alive (no tsunami yet)
Oh look, there's me again!
We are having a great time... it really makes Rod and I look forwad to when Angus is able to participate even more (like someday he might care that we are at a cheese factory!)
by the way, you can see all of the pictures we have taken (including those that didn't make the blog cut) here:
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okay... i have to put my baby to bed now. it's 11 and he is whining because he can't play with the outlet and clock radio plug.
1 comment:
Love the frolicking and collector's item shots.
The beach you went to is the beach that they go to in The Goonies. You went to Goonies beach!
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