Part 3 of Our Oregon Trip - 2 months late!

How can you tell I have two weeks off work? Because I have time to do random blog posts. The pictures below are from our final few days of our camping trip to Oregon in September - never posted them then so I figured I would post them now. These pictures include our visit to the house where The Goonies was filmed, a visit to the Astoria tower and more beach visits. If you ever have any questions about the founding of Astoria I can help you out as I read the book regarding the founders; it was more like a adventure book then a history book and it was damn good - you can find it here.

Campbell River Thanksgiving 2014

Better late than never pictures. Here are some random shots from our Campbell River trip during Thanksgiving 2014. This trip included a tour of Uncle Nick's coal mine so Cohen can play real life Minecraft as well as some cruising along the beach so Kyah can relive some Oregon memories by getting wet in a freezing cold ocean!

Random Christmas 2014 Pictures

Just some random shots of Christmas 2014 and testing out Cohen's new metal detector at Cultus Lake:

2014 North Oregon Coast Trip - Part 2

Over the past couple of days we have continued to explore the area and for the most part have a good time. On Tuesday we went back to Seaside and strolled along the main drag and checked out the stores. The kids were pretty stoked to get some massive jaw breakers, go on a carousel ride and spend some time in the arcade called Funland. Oddly enough everyones favorite game was Deal or No Deal and I think the kids liked it so much as it provided the most amount of tickets which led to the candy prizes! Yesterday we strolled through downtown Astoria and went to the Maritime Museum which is awesome. Did you know that the mouth of Columbia is so dangerous that they send all the Coast Guard guys here for the extreme training, pretty cool eh. After hearing about how rough it is there my goal was so try and see what it was like and we were able to find a trail at Fort Stevens State Park that took us to the mouth, even on a calm day the waves were going everywhere - I would love to see this place in the winter! Anyways, pictures below...

2014 North Oregon Coast Trip - Part 1

I will try and keep the "words" to a minimum with descriptions at the photos where needed and let the pictures do the talking; any artsy pictures were taken by Chelsey! For those who don't know we took a week off and booked the time at a KOA in Warrenton Oregon; this is just outside Astoria, Oregon at the mouth of the Columbia River.

This was my first time pulling a trailer of any size so I had to learn pretty quick what to do as we rented a 32 foot travel trailer for this trip (based on the fun level we will be buying one next spring!). As much as I tried to convince Chelsey that I needed a diesel for these hauls ( a Dodge Ram 3500 with the Cummins Turbo Diesel to be exact) I will be the first to admit my truck did fine.

We got here Saturday night and have taken a couple excursions. To sum everything up this trip is awesome, trailers are awesome, and this KOA rocks!

Random Pictures

Today we ventured back from Victoria, BC after visiting Mum and Dad and picking up Mum to bring her back to Chilliwack for a week. In case you guys care here are a couple of photos from our non-eventful ride back on the ferry.

Whales on The Ferry

Yesterday while the kids and I were coming over to Victoria to see Mum and Dad we were lucky enough to see some whales!

Tale of two Winds

One day the wind is blowing so the air is clear two days later not so much. Check out the difference in the color of the sky thanks to the air pollution...