Spring Break...Road Trip

We love Spring Break!!!  Each year we try to do something and this year was the best!!

We saw the Redwoods, a first time for us girls. Then enjoyed a week in Portland with my brother Rob and his beautiful wife Julie & daughter Kylie.  We even got to see Holly and her 3 kids.  It was a great week!!!

Below is Mike's very wordy and descriptive day by day activity list.

Day 1 - drive to Eureka, dinner on boardwalk at sunset and walk around shops with hot cocoa

Day 2 - breakfast at McDonald's, 1st beach, lady bird Johnson grove trail, Klamath stop to drive through the tree 3 times, lunch with Shrek bathroom, gift shop stop, big foot/slap rule, coastal drive and lookout, talking Paul Bunyan and babe (tree's of mystery), walk along coast and beach play, drive through Crescent city to Grants pass
Day 3 - drive to Gresham, babysit for hours

Day 4 - VooDoo Donuts, OMSI, food carts downtown, walk to Pioneer Courthouse Square, Council Crest (see 5 local peaks), Costco, home
Day 5 - Multnomah Falls lodge and bridge, 2nd water fall, fish hatchery, feeding trout and 11 feet sturgeon, fish ladder, lunch, drive to hood river town, drive up Mt Hood to timberline lodge (all wood), I candy, home

Day 6 - Heather' birthday, brunch at Pine State Biscuits, Pittock mansion tour, Big Al's video games, Ground Kontrol arcade (starwars), Costco, birthday cheese cake

Day 7 - up early and drive home, saw Mt Shasta

Heather & I rockin the back seat.

We stopped to appreciate the Sasquatch/Bigfoot statue

Which brought on a WORD of the road trip and a bum pinching 10 second window.  

Speak very carefully... 

Heather on the pier in Eureka.

Aly on the pier in Eureka.

Heather trying to see the top of the Redwood tree.

Heather in the roots of the tree.

All my favorite people in Lady Bird Johnson grove.

Mike

Me & my favorite guy.

My most favorite girls.

By Paul Bunyan's huge blue ox Babe.

Paul Bunyan and the Cahoon ladies.

Doesn't get any better than road trips with my family!

Heather on the Pacific coast.  We love Nor Cal!!

Mike &Heather enjoying the view.

Being a kid is the best.  I hope she never grow out of it

Mike & his baby

Beautiful Aly

Our girls are at the perfect road trip age!  

Food & a movie and we only needed to stop for gas & bathrooms

We made it to Gresham!!!  Wahooo

Heather enjoying cousin time

Heather & Louie

Aly & Talie at Voo Doo doughnuts.

Uncle Rob & Henry waiting for doughnuts.

Some of our delicious doughnuts.

Aly's doughnut was bigger than her head!

Sweet Louie

OMSI, the science museum

Aly & Heather playing connect four.

Food Trucks!!!  We loved them!

Everyone ate from a different truck!  We hit a least 4 different countries.

Pioneer Square

Louie, Aly, Henry, Talie, & Heather

Holly & Alicia

Portland's front room.

Talie, Alicia, Aly, Henry, Rob, Holly, Louie, & Heather

Aly & Talie

Louie & Heather

Cahoon's at Council Crest.

Rob standing in for Chris in family picture..LOL  Love the photo bomber on the left.

Holly & her kiddos at Multnomah Falls

Henry, Holly, Louie, & Talie

Me & my favorite guy!

Rob, Julie, Kylie, & Julies niece Maddy

Mike & Henry

Holly looking great with Henry.

Talie & Henry

Aly

Heather

Still my favorite guy!

Mike at Pine Street Biscuits.  Mike saw this joint on Diners Drive ins & Dives.  It did not disappoint!

Mike jamming at the Pittock mansion.

Mike playing old school star wars, a quarter a game.

 

The girls hanging with Uncle Rob.

Celebrating Heather's birthday.

Kylie & Julie

Heather's birthday dinner at Noodles & company.  

Alicia, Mike, Aly, Heather, Julie, Rob, & Kylie

Happy birthday Heather!  11 never looked so good!!!

Mike & Heather

Kylie & Heather doing nails

Heathers yummy cheese cake birthday cake.

Aunt Julie & Aly doing nails

Mt Shasta along the road home. 

We had a wonderful spring break.  It was so nice to get away and have some time with our family!  Until next year!!!  We love Spring Break!