Great Summer Adventure 2018 - Installment Three - Oregon

After staying in Bend for a week, we headed to Olde Stone Village RV Park in McMinnville, OR. This would be our base for the month of June. Several of our reservations are made sight unseen, and we were glad this one turned out to a good one. I was excited to learn that they have a water aerobics class 3 mornings a week. However, this might be classified as an "polar bear" water aerobics class! 😀Most mornings the air temp (at 9 am) was between 50-55 degrees. When I told them that in FL they don't have class unless it is at least 70 degrees they all laughed at me! But I toughed it out and made it to the classes. (Most days once we got moving it warmed up pretty well.)

Oregon. Crater Lake National Park. ✔ Painted Hills. ✔ Mt. Hood. ✔ Columbia River Gorge. ✔ Oregon Coast. ✔ Multnomah Falls. ✔ 6/8 recommended "must-see" places in Oregon, not bad!

We had heard a lot about the Oregon coast, and it did not disappoint. We made several trips to the coast and saw something different every time.

Oregon Coast

Beach 

Cliffs overlooking Pacific Ocean

Sand Sculpture competition in Cannon Beach

More Oregon coast

One of the more spectacular sights we saw was at Cook's Chasm, where we witnessed the power of the ocean crashing on the coastline. Spouting Horn is basically like a blow hole, that was created from a cave with a crack or hole in the roof of the cave. So when waves roll their force and power creates a geyser of water erupting up into the air from the crack in the cave.

You have to watch this!

In Florida we are accustomed to seeing signs for hurricane evacuation routes. In Oregon you see these signs.

This picture is for our family members who love blue herons - Sara & Hope, and Jack & Patty. The tile mosaic is outside the Blue Heron Cheese factory. 

Columbia River Gorge

Multnomah Falls 

Dinner with my brother Greg and wife Diane 

While we explored the coast, we also went into Portland for a farmer's market, craft market, Powell books (a wonderful place!) and of course, Storables, where I had trained years ago. We had also been told not to miss Voodoo donuts. It is a wildly popular place and is interesting for the people and the building. Donuts were a bit overrated, we thought. Voodoo donuts come in a box like this.

And in the spirit of you can't make this up/quirky things we see category, here is a picture of a gal in Portland carrying her pet goose. He was on a leash walking before she picked him up. 

More adventures to come as we head to Washington. Stay tuned!