Thursday, August 29, 2013

Oregon (part I)

The Walton family vacation this year was in Tillamook, Oregon.  Chris and I only had a few days in Utah before we hopped back in the car and drove out to the coast.  On our way in, we stopped along the columbia river to do a quick 4 mile hike up to Punch Bowl falls.  I forgot how much I love the northwest.  It's so beautiful.   I know Jane's getting a little big for her bjorn, but we haven't bought a fancy backpack carrier yet.





We rented a nice big house on Netarts Bay with a great yard for the kids to run around in.  We played bocci and wiffleball and the kids road their bikes and scooters around, but the biggest hits this year were Dan's giant bubbles.  We had so much fun playing with those and even brought them to the beach where they stirred up quite the audience.





 We also toured the cheese factory and sampled their delicious ice cream, went on a few hikes and had some nice northwest coast beach days.






Hug Point was probably our best beach day.  We had nice warm weather sheltered from the wind.  There was skim boarding, spelunking, tidal pool exploration, and of course, lots of photography.  We finished the whole evening off with a campfire on the beach, roasting hot dogs and singing old family songs.


 After the face plant





3 comments:

David and Mary Walton said...

Great pictures !! It was a great trip and I loved it all!

Brian Walton said...

These pictures are great! Fun to relive the reunion through the pictures.

Lisa said...

Fun! Can't wait to have a minute to go through mine too.