Thursday, April 9, 2009

Oregon Coast Vacation

This year Lionel and I decided to go to Newport, Oregon for spring break since he couldn't take a lot of time off from work. This is the beautiful scenery we got to see on our way to Newport. Multnomah Falls is right by Hood River, OR and it is just amazing!!! We climbed up the mountain to get to that bridge. Once we were up there we decided to climb all the way to the top. We didn't make it all the way there but we had a good time trying.




That is I-84 down there, so you can see how high up we were. We also had the best cup of coffee I have had in a long time while we were there. Hood River Coffee...really good!
We finally got to Newport and we were in awe with the ocean. It was cloudy most days that we were there but we got some sun, hail, and a lot of wind.



While we were there we went to the aquarium and that was a lot of fun. We got to see sea lions getting fed and they reminded me of giant dogs without legs (we missed Winky and Lola).

Here is Lionel being silly but seriously he is deathly afraid of sharks so this is as close as he will ever get to a shark.


We thought the name of the place and the slogan was pretty cool!


We also visited the Yaquina Head Lighthouse and went all the way to the top. We had to climb 100+ stairs to go see the light bulb that they use. I was surprised at how small it was but it you can see it at least 10 miles away.



2 comments:

Mere said...

I love the pictures! I am so glad that you are posting - it will become addictive :-)

Haws Family said...

That's awesome you have a blog! I didn't know. Well, I'll be sure to check it more often and you better keep it up. :)