Oregon Coast Visit

A blogger friend posted some pictures of the environs around her home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Lake Michigan, to be exact.  I love her pictures.  I gave me the idea to post a few more of my pictures from our vacation at the Oregon coast.  I hope you enjoy them. sorry you can't smell the sea air! 

Personally, I enjoy the little interlude from sewing! 

WW for Valentine's Day

"Be Mine" nature style

P.S. I will be linking up with NC Sue for Wordless Wednesday linky!  See what everyone else is up to!

Coastal Caterpiller WW

Weekend Vacay Report

I think I have just returned from the best little weekend vacation that I have had in a lot of years!

Went with my daughter and her family to the Oregon Coast to take in the sites!  We first went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium at Newport.

Then we went to our hotel which was awesome, with a patio that looked right out to the beach.  We spent time on the rocks looking in the tide pools, built a sand castle and got our feet wet in the sea! 

We watched the ocean at night with huge resort lights shinning on the waves.  Gorgeous!

Then the next day after visiting and picnicing at beach, we left for Yaquina Head to see the lighthouse. 

We got a bonus, as the birds were in their mating season on the ocean rocks. 

Then we went to a small cove, where we  got some amazing pictures of seals relaxing on the rocks.  One of them  gave me a show with his antics . . . . but I will save those pictures for later in the week!   

It was an awesome trip as we traveled up the coast past tourist towns and ending up with dinner and ice cream at the Tillamook Cheese Visitor Center! (A few more pictures are on my Facebook page.)

Padriac in the Baby Loaf Cheese Mobile!

Have you taken a mini vacation lately?

Colombia River Gorge Falls

For the final day of our vacation, we spent the time on the Colombia Gorge "old road." It travels the original route up the gorge along all the different waterfalls --of which there are nearly 30--tumbling off the cliffs and ending up entering into the Columbia River. The road is a winding two lane road carved out of the side of the cliffs thru the thick forest. We first stopped at Wahkenna Falls and had our picnic lunch.

Our next stop was, one of my favorites, Horsetail Falls. It has a beautiful pool at the bottom, where many people were cooling themselves on the hot day. The falls' name is so obvious because it looks so much like a huge horse tail. My family posed for the photo shoot!

The last stop is the most famous of the falls, Multnomah Falls--a double falls, with an upper falls, and a lower falls. It has been the object of most post cards coming from Oregon back home to the relatives for years and years! Here we're introducing the falls to our family! What a fun day!

P.S. for more information about the Columbia River Gorge and it's attraction visit this website.

Visiting Portland Oregon

This last week, I was on vacation--of a sorts--visiting all the sites in our fair city of Portland Oregon, with my sisters-in-law. They went downtown to the famous Powell's Books - the city of books on Burnside - while I was at work. Then when I was off work, we went to the Portland Japanese Garden in Washington Park. It was a lovely day with plenty of shade for the hot summer day with the strolling pond garden and koi to watch; the tea house; the sand and stone garden; the Shoji Gallery; beautiful Japanese Maples; traditional pagoda's; and plenty of tranquil beauty.

Portland is a great place to visit! More about the area in Thursdays post!

Wordless Wednesday 4

Mt. Hood - Oregon - June 2009

Mt Hood Sunday

My husband and I spent Sunday celebrating my birthday! He took me out for lunch, and then we traveled up the mountain to Timberline Lodge on Mt Hood. This is in the lodge parking lot on the 28th of June. Still snow for people to play in, and several people were still up the mountain skiing and boarding. We also spend some time beside a stream. I took a picture of us, but it came out a little blurry. Since I cannot retake it, I hope you will be forgiving and still enjoy the feel of the respite that we experienced!

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!