Oregon Trip

I needed a little bit of a break so we drove down to Portland, OR early Sunday morning to get away. We love this town, it is full of great places to eat. We love eating. It's also home to the top local coffee roasting company, Stumptown. Upon arrival we drove directly to Elephant Delicatessen, my favorite Portland eatery. We filled our basket with yummy grilled sandwiches, salads, soups, juices and cookies, then went to their patio and feasted like kings in the sunshine! After we checked in to our swanky hotel (that I found for $50, on Priceline!) and dropped our stuff off, we made a beeline for the coffee shop.

We then bought passes for the MAX (bus/train/tram thing) to go to the Portland Zoo. Our year passes for Woodland Park Zoo got us in free!In train tunnelBlack BearsHippoElephants

The weather was beautiful, but we were exhausted (especially D who came down with a bad cold that morning). We went back to the hotel, took short naps, ate some dinner and went out for an evening walk in the city.

bathtime

The next morning we hit our favorite breakfast place (did I tell you we love to eat in Portland?) the J& M for some eggs and waffles, and then we were off for our next adventure.

Hot cocoa

We hit the road! Our original plan was to visit the Tillamook Cheese Factory, located about 1 1/2 hours out of town, but after a while driving I realized that we had left Bear (E's sleeping buddy) all tangled up in the bedding back at the hotel, so we had to turn around and rescue him. This left us with too little time, and our next destination was calling! Off to Canon Beach!

kite flyingdiggingphoto op's

and, don't even think about touching her ice cream!


It was a great little trip, one of my favorites to date!