Showing posts with label Vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vacation. Show all posts

Thursday, October 23, 2008

The Trip to Oregon

Ok, so, we drove 1713.3 miles in 3.5 days to make it to Andrew's Aunt Margaret's funeral in Forest Grove, Oregon. Lots and lots of driving. I have figured that we drove for about 28 hours total. Well, when I say we I really mean me. I drove all but about 100 miles of it, because it was my car, and Andrew follows people really, really closely.

Part of this drive was out to Seaside, so that I (and the girls) could see the ocean for the first time. Now, I've seen the ocean, I've just never been to the beach. So, without further ado, here are some pictures of the beach.



On the way, we stopped at Multnomah Falls (mostly for a break from the car). Here's a couple pics...







All in all, a good trip, outside of having to go for a funeral.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

The Grand Canyon Trip

Well, we went to the Grand Canyon for the first time this last week. It was a lot of driving, but well worth it! We started by walking into an amazing resort condo thanks to Andrew's parents. It was two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and I think it may have finally given Andrew the kick start he needed to get a new house! The second day was driving to the Grand Canyon! Unfortunately, on the way up the mountain, my back window got shattered, which kind of put a damper on things. Here's a pic of our temporary solution to the problem...

We have different theories on how it happened - I think a kid in a passing car threw something and got the million-to-one shot he'd been waiting for. Andrew thinks either a rock got kicked up from the road, or a really big piece of hail hit my window just right. Regardless, we had no back window for a time. On to the Grand Canyon! Once we got there, it was gorgeous! I couldn't have imagined how pretty it was going to be, but I was not let down. The whole way there, we had Ridley totally pumped up, as you can see in this video...

Some more pics of the North Rim -




The following day Andrew and I had to ourselves, so we went to Zion's National Park, as he had never been. Here are some pics -



All in all, it was a great and well deserved vacation for all of us! Coming home was hard, but I'm sure we'll have plenty more trips to come!

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