It's been awhile since I've done any blogging, so I have some catching up to do! Just needed a blogging break I guess. The only problem about waiting so long is it's harder to remember all the details! I hope I remember everything correctly! :)
So the first week in April the schools let out for Spring Break. We took a trip to the southern Oregon coast. That Friday we started the drive up. Friday night we stayed in Lakeview, OR. The last bit of our drive to Lakeview was through a blizzard on a scary steep mountain (so much for SPRING break huh?) but we made it safely!
The next day (Sat.) we continued on our drive. We met my parents and brother in Medford and had lunch. Then we headed on to Gold Beach, stopping briefly at the Redwood National Forest.
That night we got settled in our cabin that we had rented and dyed our Easter eggs (Yes, it was a late night!).
The next day was Easter Sunday. It was RAINY! But we got some raincoats and ponchos and explored as much as we could in the rain. We saw Gold Beach and Port Orford, including the Cape Blanco lighthouse. The next day was rainy off and on too, but we continued on with our vacation. We drove north to Bandon and went to an animal park there were you could walk through and pet all of the different animals. They even had a baby leopard that you could pet. There was a funny llama that we got a kick out of because he would just strut through the park like he owned it allowing people to pet him (or her). :) We had dinner at a neat little seafood place right on the harbor where we had fresh clams, crab, & shrimp. YUM! It was so fun. We walked through the shops, then headed back to Gold Beach.
On Tuesday my brother was sick. He had gone to the ER the night before with chest pains and ended up with bronchitis and a racing heart. So he ended up having to stay at the cabin for the day. That morning Josh and I took the boys to Prehistoric Gardens. It was a little park with giant Dinosaur sculptures. It was neat. I thought the scenery was even more cool than the dinosaurs! It was just like a rain forest with moss dripping off of everything and just GREEN everywhere! On the way back the sun FINALLY came out so we hurried and stopped at the beach and called my parents to come and join us. We had fun on the beach and enjoyed the sun while it lasted. We ended up finding tons of seashells at this beach. Afterward, we went to Cape Sebastian and went on a little hike. It was a neat hike with awesome scenery! Lots of look-offs down to the coast. We didn't end up with enough time to finish the hike, so we headed back to town.
The next morning Tim was still sick, but the rest of us went to a little beach called Myers Creek where we ended up finding tons of Sand Dollars. We had lots of fun exploring the beach, then drove on to Brookings. We stopped there and had lunch on the harbor at another cool little seafood place. Afterward we headed back to Gold Beach and stopped at another beach called Cape Ferello - more exploring!
Thursday morning we got everything ready to leave. We said goodbye to Mom, Dad, & Tim and took one more walk to the beach. Then we started our drive to California to visit Josh's brothers on our way home. We stopped at in the redwoods for a bit, then again at Medford to see the temple. That evening we arrived at Josh's brother's house in Dunsmuir. We stayed there for two nights and spent the whole day with them on Friday. They took us to a park in town and we walked to along the river. The next morning (Sat) we had to start our drive home. We stopped to see a waterfall in Dunsmuir before we left then headed on to Weed to have lunch with Josh's other brother Daniel. After that we headed home. We spent that night in Battle Mountain, NV and then on Sunday we drove the rest of the way home. It was such a great vacation. We had a lot of fun despite the few rainy days. We had TONS of pictures, so I put them all on a slideshow:
