Sampling Part 1

Before we headed out this morning we stopped at the local Jiffy Lube - we have gone over 4500 miles! Mr. Practical got the oil changed,the air filter replaced, the tires checked, and the fluids topped off. Have I told you what a great travel companion I have?

For our Oregon missions, Mike and Val Spirz assigned us a few tasks which gave us a chance to experience the Oregon coast. Caryne and Greg Salyer have chosen sites to show us the Best of Portland. We left Washington and crossed into Oregon and followed the Columbia River (still following Lewis and Clark) to where it met the Pacific in the town of Astoria. Per our instructions, we located their famous tower to soak in the view.



Next we drove the coastal highway stopping at a few beach accesses. The sand in the northern most part of the state was grey and felt so warm and soft it was like walking on velvet. (Please allow me a moment to apologize to my toes for not featuring them in any of my travel photos as I usually do until now and also for displaying them without a proper pedicure). As we worked our way further south, the color turned paler.



We made our way through several seaside towns and stopped to spend a few hours in Cannon Beach. We explored this adorable town and then did a long hike on the beach down to Haystack Rock. We timed it perfectly to be present for low tide when we could search the tide pools for sea creatures. Amazing!!! The Spirz gave us the tide pool task and the Salyers told us about Haystack Rock so we got to streamline our missions.






To complete our tasks today we headed further south down the coast to Tillamook and toured the cheese factory. We got to sample plus treated ourselves to some delicious fresh ice cream. Thanks for that stop Mike and Val.



We are now settled into our hotel inPortland ready to finish our tasks tomorrow. We will be in hotel rooms for 4 nights! Yes sirree, I am about to get spoiled and city-fied! Maybe I'l even buy my toes a pedi.


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