So we kept trying to plan trips for this summer but nothing ever worked out. I really wanted to do something since graduating from college. I thought I should go on some exciting getaway to celebrate. I have come to learn we should start planning a few months ahead instead of a few weeks but still we were hopeful. With our timeshares you can often get last minute deals so we tried. Hawaii would have worked except the flights were full on Southwest and Hawaiian Airlines prices were so astronomical it would have meant no souvenirs and maybe no eating for half the trip! A cruise was another attempt but something did not work out there, I can't remember why-oh well!
But lo and behold, we were able to find a condo in Newport, Oregon for a week! It was lots of fun (after we got used to sleeping on our swedish Tempurpedics!)! We went to a couple lighthouses, walked on some beaches (the water was chilly!), ate some yummy seafood (we're talking world famous clam chowder!) and went crabbing! The crabbing was awesome (minus the fact
that I got motion sick on the dock-crazy weird-I know!). In order to keep the crabs you catch, they must be male and have an abdomen that measures 5 3/4''. Go Susan! Mom was the only one who caught one big enough to keep. Fortunately we had some nice crabbing neighbors from Boise who were catching
but not keeping their crabs so they gave us one. We got them cleaned, cooked and ate them for dinner-yum! It was all so fun and quite the adventure! I had never been to Oregon before but it is so beautiful! You could be driving down the road with a forest of pine trees on one side of you and sandy beaches on the other. Here are a bunch of fun pictures from the trip! p.s. If you fly into Portland and drive to Newport, it takes about 3.5 hours, even though it is only like 115 miles, Oregon does not have many (I mean "any") freeways by the coast! Just a traveler's tip!
Check it out! Susan has a truck! Yesterday mom picked up her new Honda Ridgline! Isn't it beautiful! Nighthawk black exterior; tan leather interior! We have several shots so you can see what it's like, inside and out! It is so nice to drive and very comfortable to ride in. It rides like a car, hauls stuff because it's a truck and is a Honda so it gets great gas mileage (something the expedition was not good for). So this little beauty will replace several other cars. We are finally going to consolidate the car lot we call a driveway. The Expedition is for sale and Dad's green truck and the green honda will soon be for sale! When that is all said and done, we will have a good ratio of one car per driver! p.s. The coolest thing about this truck is that it has a trunk underneath the bed-it is awesome! According to Olivia, it smells good too! p.p.s. They just got back from church, can you find the pyrex dish? =) haha!
