Lincoln City, Oregon

"What do you have underneath there, Peter?"

"Let's go in and cut some cheese!"

Our very own Karate Kid!


"I dare you to touch it ";)





We took our final road trip of the summer to Lincoln City, Oregon with Big J's sister's family and father. Little cousin E kept up with the boys from playing in the sand to putting around at indoor miniature golf. We rented a home with a view of the Pacific. One night the kids used the extra air mattress as a trampoline attempting 360's and other acrobatics. The cold wind often put a damper on our beach walks but we found a spot to observe the kids in an alcove that blocked part of the wind. Big J, little J and P found plenty of rocks & shells to take home.

We took a drive to Depoe Bay and saw the crashing waves against the shores. Over a cliff, we observed surfers and saw an amazing cave etched into the coastal rocks. Our favorite restaurant was Mo's (which we ate dinner twice) and we couldn't skip the outlet mall with no tax. On our final day, we toured the Tillimook Factory where we savored the creamiest ice cream. We also observed the assembly of big blocks to little blocks of cheese, cutting and packaging. This is our second summer vacationing at Lincoln City and the 5 hour drive was a snap compared to our drive to San Francisco. Thanks again R for babysitting our precious Milky :)

San Francisco Road Trip

Entrance to Chinatown

Lake Shasta

Cruise around Alcatraz and underneath the Golden Gate Bridge

Napa Valley

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Fisherman's Wharf

Here are some photos from our San Francisco trip. We stayed in the heart of downtown and experienced the crowded street cars for travel. Often they were packed so we'd walk for miles to get back to our hotel. One excursion was to the famous "Crooked Street" (Lombard) We had to lean upward or else we'd tumble and spiral downwards... haha! We explored Chinatown and Fisherman's Wharf. We attemted to tour Alcatraz but it was unbelieveably booked for the next three days and ended up doing the next best thing, cruising around it, while enviously viewing the lucky tourists actually on The Rock.

On the hottest day, we went to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. A highlight was the river raft ride. We shared our raft with 4 other young ladies and as drifted down the rapids, we approached a waterfall and got drenched. Then unknowingly, there were lines of hoses that targeted innocent victims with powerful sprays. But we had our chance afterwards to do the same for only a quarter :) What a laugh! On our final day heading back home, we drove to Napa Valley. We saw rows after rows of grapevine fields and stopped for a little wine tasting, while the boys had their fill of premature grapes. All in all, the hours of driving, with our pit stops wasn't too bad (check out Lake Shasta). It was a memorable 7 days.