We had a great time on our trip that we took. We were gone for 15 days, drove about 2400 miles and stayed with 5 different families. We left Lehi on July 30 and made stops in Nampa, Portland, La Pine, Eureka and San Jose. Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma Sorenson, Aaron and Jenny, Jim and Becky, The Smiths, and Grandpa and Grandma Lindsey for letting us stay with them on our adventure. We did so much at each stop and between that a blog entry that detailed everything would be about a hundred pages long. Here is a list of the things we did with some pictures sprinkled in.
- Swim at the Nampa rec center
- Nightly Quiddler matches
- Visit to Larry and Tawana's with the Tophams
- Delicious apple and berry cobblers with home made ice-cream
- Checking out the animals with Hannah
- Shopping
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| Fishing with Grandpa in his boat at CJ Strike |
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| Stopping at Multnomah Falls on the way to Portland |
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| Autobon Society Bird Refuge with Christine |
OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry)
Portland Zoo
Thai food
Domino Effect
Visiting Aaron at work and seeing the cool animation that people are doing
Ben and Jerry's stop in Bend
Throwing balls for Jim and Becky's dogs
Homemade pizza
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| Horseshoes |
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| Floating the Deschutes River in La Pine |
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| Marsha, Derek and Joseph tipping the canoe and falling in |
Dinner with friends
More horseshoes
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| Crater Lake |
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| Trinidad Beach (very cold) |
Another piano to play
Blackberry picking
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| Sequoia Park |
Tennis with Alan Smith
Old town Eureka
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| Feeding / chasing pigeons |
Feeding chickens and rabbits
Blackberry pie and ice-cream
Mark performing on piano and getting to practice Chinese
Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge
Fisherman's Wharf
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| Sea lions |
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| Crazy sign (details upon request) |
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| Yummy ice-cream |
Fun with Meyers (rocket ball in back yard)
Back to school shopping at Valley Fair Mall
Bowling with grandpa
Ice-cream at Sweet Retreat
Trip to Oak Meadow park
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| Riding the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad |
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| Body surfing |
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| Sand crabs |
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| Checking ocean current conditions |
We had a great time. We have photos of most of the things listed above if anyone wants to see more.
5 comments:
Whew! We are exhausted after that whirlwind description of your adventures.
wow, quite the 15 days! sounds like another non-stop party! sad we couldn't be one of those stops! love all the pics! did marsha buy a chuy's shirt for mark when she was here? i think i remember that... i was wondering when i saw him wearing it in the pic! your kids are awesome!!! :)
We are glad we were one of your tour locations. (you guys are cuter and funner than Justin Bieber -- oh ya, and cheaper;) We had so much fun, sad you had to leave and live so far away. Family is AWESOME!
What a FUN trip. I bet you will have some great memories forever about this one!
I think Mark is actually smiling in one of those pictures!! What a cute family and such a fun trip. I love the diversity of activities you guys got to do! Something for everyone:)
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