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crater lake national park.

Posted on October 15, 2018by sarah

way back when we were making our way up the coast, we had plans to go to crater lake national park, but we canceled them at literally the last minute, because of wildfires and smoke and the worry that it would be a pretty big letdown. then, when we were making plans to get back […]

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camp jackson.

Posted on September 5, 2018by sarah

on our travel day, from seaside to ocean city, we decided to take a big detour and visit our friends, the jacksons, who were staying about an hour and a half away. jenn planned an epic day of fun and sugar for the lidkids, making this their favorite travel day pit stop of all time. […]

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aquariums and randomness from seaside, oregon.

Posted on September 5, 2018by sarah

we kept pretty busy getting out and about to adventure during our time at seaside, visiting the cheese factory, cannon beach and all things goonies in astoria, and the lewis and clark park. but, some other cool stuff happened in between. one such cool thing was a little trip to the aquarium with just anna. […]

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lewis and clark national historical park

Posted on September 3, 2018September 5, 2018by sarah

while we were in seaside, we picked back up with our junior rangering, by way of the lewis and clark national historical park. this time was extra fun, because our fellow fulltime roadtrippin’ friend jenn was able to drive out from her campground to join us. lewis and clark is sort of a conglomeration of […]

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goonies never say die!

Posted on September 2, 2018September 2, 2018by sarah

as a child of the 80s, i grew up during what will likely be looked back upon by historians as the greatest decade in cinema of all time. one such example of superior movie making is the goonies. so, when we found ourselves at a campground near the locations where the goonies was filmed, i […]

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tillamook creamery.

Posted on September 2, 2018September 2, 2018by sarah

after our time in portland/vancouver, we headed back out to the coast, to seaside, oregon. it’s a little bit south of the washington state line and a little bit north of tillamook, home of the tillamook dairy products. so, naturally, when we found out there was a cheese factory you could tour and sample, we […]

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cousin moochdocking.
portland, salem, and vancouver.

Posted on September 2, 2018October 2, 2021by sarah

after our time in florence, oregon on the coast, it was time to head inland, where we planned to stay a few nights in my cousin nicole’s driveway. she and her husband had visited us last year when we were in eastern washington, but i was excited to see the rest of her family (some […]

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the amazing oregon coast, continued.

Posted on August 28, 2018by sarah

when we woke up in brookings to beautiful weather and changed our travel plans to move up the coast versus heading inland, i decided to have an extrended travel day, stopping often to enjoy the beaches, scenery and some historic lighthouses. since isaac has not interest in such things, he rode with derek, and the […]

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from california to oregon and happenings therein.

Posted on August 27, 2018August 28, 2018by sarah

well, when i last posted, we were in the redwoods area of way northern california. from there, we moved up the coast a bit, crossing into oregon for a week on the coast. originally, we had planned a bit more time in another part of the redwoods, but we were worried about the internet, so […]

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oregon trail interpretive center.
baker city, or.

Posted on September 5, 2017September 6, 2017by sarah

after our month in washington, our next stop, while brief, was baker city, oregon. we got in late friday night, after a LONG and BORING five-ish hour drive. we grabbed some groceries and then settled into a truck stop to boondock for the night. in the morning, we started off with a hearty breakfast at […]

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