Oregon is great.
It’s just one of those states that has it all together.
Beautiful coastline? Check.
Gorgeous snow-capped mountains? Check.
Deliciously fresh seafood? Big cities? Tall trees? Interesting hippies? Check, check, check and check.
Oregon has it all.
Except the 105 degree weather that we left in Oklahoma.
Like I said, Oregon has things figured out.
Mr. Torres and I started off our time in Oregon by meeting up with my older sister and her husband (who live in Salem and have two great danes aaaand are expecting triplets in October!) and heading out to their campsite near the little town of Detroit in Willamette National Forest.
It’s a nice little setup they have going on there and we enjoyed visiting by the fire, exploring the lake, hiking up Stahlman Point Trail and celebrating the 4th of July by watching the loooongest fireworks display ever. In the rain. I think I feel asleep a couple of times.
And we ate some great food! Thanks, Geoff!
After spending two nights at the campsite, Mr. Torres and I headed out to explore the rest of NW Oregon and Angie and Geoff prepared to return to Salem with plans to meet us at the coast.
Only four days into our vacation and we’ve already had so much fun!
Absolutely gorgeous! Looking forward to a trip there myself!
Thanks, Mom! And when you go, you’ll have pictures of babies to share!
Wow, gorgeous pictures!! I’ve never been to Oregon, but it looks beautiful!
Thank you! We’re so used to everything being brown and dead in the summer since it’s so hot here in Oklahoma…Oregon is green all the time!
Wow, that scenery is fantastic!! You guys are so lucky to be in Oregon!
It was such a great vacation…I’m thinking I might HAVE to go back sometime in the next year to see the babies:) Poor me!
The part of this post I am most excited about is . . . Eric’s t-shirt!
Looks like you had fun. I am jealous, of course.
I wondered if you would notice! You can’t be too jealous…Disney World is pretty fantastic, also!
I loved this post. We have friends moving to Oregon this summer and I really want to do a road trip up the coast next year. The lovely pictures just motivated me even more! I really think you and Eric should consider a change of address! It’s so much fun living on the West Coast.
Don’t tempt us! We make lists of places to move to all the time:) The only thing I wish we could have done while in Oregon was drive down the the Redwood Forest! I guess California will have to have a trip all its own!
You are more than welcome to come visit us when you make it out to California!!! We kind of boarder Central and Southern California, so a little bit of a drive from the Redwood Forest. But doable. Plus, we feed our guests yummy food.