On last update we were planning to go to Olympic Park and then to a concert at the Gorge Amphitheater. Well, after driving all the way around Seattle and into Olympic Park we decided there was too much of the park and coast that we wanted to see to spend our time driving back around Seattle to see a concert. So instead, we spent several days camped out in the rainforest and coast and then continued south on the 101 into Portland. We saw some beautiful rocky beaches with the biggest driftwood we’ve ever seen. There were entire trees bleached out and stacked along the coast. We had to actually crawl over them in order to get to the beach. At night we made driftwood fires after watching the sun go down and ate food and listened to the crashing waves for hours.
In Portland we had great public transportation which made it really easy to get around town. We also had some good food.
We didn’t stay there long, though, because we found out about the annual Eugene Celebration and we’re in Eugene now, celebrating. This is a great little downtown festival. It reminds us of Athfest, but it’s been going on longer and it’s on a much larger scale. We’ve been having a blast walking to downtown everyday to listen to music and enjoy the sights.
driftwood on Rialto Beach
My cousin Doug (Rick’s brother)Brown and his wife Tomo are now living in Eugene, OR. He’s retired from the US Dept. of State.
Awesome pictures Matt & Lillian! I checked out the flickr stream also. Beautiful country.
Jon
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Great photos! But I looked under the logs and in the trees and around those big rocks, and in the water, but didn’t see any newlyweds there! Hope to see you guys soon. We can offer a place to stay. San Francisco Bay Bridge under construction or destruction or re-construction at times over here. Left my cell phone # on a message center, hope it was yours.
Gorgeous photos of driftwood! Wow! Only 11 days stateside!
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wow i love this pic!
hope your are enjoying the school year sans school lillian.
miss you greatly but this year is much much more fun in 2nd grade…wow they are so grown up [some of them].
i miss the littles but not all that classroom stress!
how much more time in the US?
lots of luck in your adventures!
mf