Monday, July 23, 2012

Caleb's Parents Visit Oregon

Last week was such a great week!  Caleb's parents came for a visit for the week.  It was the perfect excuse to take a week off of work. :)  And, boy, did we have fun acting as tour guides!

The first day we went to the Colombia Rive Gorge.  We went up the Washington state side first, so that we could have a picnic at my favorite spot.  But first we pulled over at Cape Horn for a great view.



Then on to one of my most favorite places, Beacon Rock. :)  The most beautiful place ever.




Then we were on our way to the Oregon side to visit Bonneville Dam, which I hadn't been to since a field trip in 5th grade.  But Caleb wanted to see the 450 lb/70 yr old sturgeon, who is over 10 feet long. :)




Our final stop that day was Multnomah Falls.  I don't think you can ever go there too many times or get tired of it! In the picture below, Bob and Sheila are on the far right of the bridge.  :)



We ended up just hanging out in town the next day and relaxing.  But the day after that, we took them to Cannon Beach...and loved it! It was a perfect day!  Lunch at Mo's (oh, gotta love the clam chowder!), a walk on the beach, and then drove up to Ecola State Park for a good view.  And we stopped by a fruit stand on the way home to get some fresh marionberries and Logan berry jam! yumm!







The next day, Caleb took off with his dad and I took Sheila to Powell's Books.  Being the book lover that she is, she said it was better than Disneyland...and I know she meant it!  Next time she is here, I think we will need to take her there again, and make it an all day event.  And then, after Powell's, we had a fabulous lunch together.

It was such a great week of catching up and enjoying one another!  Hopefully we can plan another visit really soon!  We have such a great family.....


2 comments:

Thinking Made Visible said...

It looks like you guys had a glorious time visiting and sight seeing. I talked to Sheila this morning, and she was enamored with Powell's Bookstore. Thanks for maintaining this blog. Reading about your adventures is fantastic. Please tell Caleb I said hello!

Garrett Matthews said...

Great Job on the pics and keeping us updated! Sounds like yall had a ton of fun! Glad to see how well Caleb is doing! We pray for you guys all the time...Can't wait hang out with you guys!...

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