The Oregon Vacation

Strap on your seatbelts, folks. This is a long post!!

Just back from nearly a week in Oregon visiting Mike's family. The weather was warm for there (85 degrees) but the mornings seemed really cold to us (65 degrees) since the overnight LOW in Southern Nevada usually drops into the 80's. We packed our winter clothes (just kidding) and were just fine.

Day One

Where we stayedKaren by the Koi pondThe back yardThe side yardLunch in Salem @ Thompson's Brew PubAna on a carousel horse

(It's so hard to be cool on a carousel when you're 13 years old!)Sam on a carousel horse

(Not as hard to be cool when you're 10!)

On the dock at the Willamette RiverThe Oregon State Capitol

We had a view of this from our house in Salem

The four beavers

The one in the black shirt graduated from OSU

Ana and the Hydrangeas at the Municipal

Rose Garden @ Bush Park

HydrangeasRosesMore rosesAfter dinner at Morton's Bistro with our good

friends, Dave & Melodie

Day Two

Sam & Ana in a wheat field

Look! He's touching her

Sam outstanding in his field

Lunch at the Fox & FirkinMore lunch at the Fox & FirkinReading the historical information near the waterfront

Apparently, 70 degrees is warm enough to play

in a fountain in Oregon

They also have very large dust devils

Day Three

Doesn't everyone have a balance beam in their backyard?

Ana did alrightSam was a mess!I guess this is why they have one. My niece is

quite the gymnast.

They also have a trampoline. More wasted money

if it were in my backyard!

The four cousins on this side of the family

Day Four

Went to the Bite of Salem (disappointing) and

the carnival next to it

Since our family members were the only ones

playing, Ana won the big prize: a gigantic

PENGUIN

Day Five

The viewpoint was better when the plants were smaller