Friday, April 19, 2013 Beth, who has been counting down the days until we get to go to see Aunt Eli and Portland, awoke with a sore throat. This girl rarely gets sick so I thought it might be a short lived thing and that it wouldn't affect our trip. We finished packing up and Riva picked us up to go to the airport. Our flight was delayed by thirty minutes which turned out to be a lucky thing because while waiting Kev's long time friend, Dave Pickett, called him to say that he had been in Salt Lake and felt he would be a bad friend if he didn't at least call him to let him know he had been here. Well, it turned out that he was also at the airport and was able to run from his concourse to ours and talk with Kev for a few minutes before we took off.
The flight was not full which is so nice. Kev sat across the aisle from me, Beth, and Andrew. Both the kids did very well on this flight and our recent flights to Mexico and back. Andrew loves to look out the window and do the countdown before we blast off.
Sipping on Sprite, his current favorite beverage.
Beth slept for most of the flight, which should have been my first clue that this was not going to be a quick illness for her.
After renting our stylish minivan from Alamo, we headed to meet Aunt Eli and Jeffery at their home. (We didn't even go in their house because of the time it can take to unload and reload the car.) We added their gear to the van and took off for the coast. Aunt Eli packed some darling snack gift bags for the kids with PB&J sandwiches, Goldfish crackers, and fruit snacks (three of the food groups of childhood) and some cute notes that said Dear Beth/Andrew, Welcome to Portland! I love you! Love, Aunt Eli (I wish I would have taken pictures of them.) Thank you Aunt Eli. Aunt Eli also started our culinary tour of Oregon with some delicious sandwiches from Grand Central Bakery.
Out of the blue the week before our trip, Andrew asked what the biggest airplane in the world was. Kev told him about the Spruce Goose. On our way to the coast we noticed signs for the museum that housed the Spruce Goose, what a coincidence! Elise and Jeffery were kind enough to indulge the detour. Two huge, beautiful glass walled buildings houses the Spruce Goose and other flying wonders. The $25.00 per person ticket price meant that we enjoyed the view from outside the museum but even that was impressive! And, the kids were able to play on one of the coolest playgrounds we've ever been to.
Piloting the helicopter.
It also had swings, more slides, a pretend airplane with rows of seats and a couple of see through tunnels.
That evening, we arrived at the beach house that Elise had rented for us in Lincoln City. I am kicking myself because I knew I would forget to take photos of it and it was beautiful. Here is a view from the upstairs window looking out at the ocean, deck, and hot tub. I could live here. It had three bedrooms and lots of other space for us to spread out. We all enjoyed the hot tub and seagulls came to the deck to be fed in fact I think that is what the white speck on the railing is.
We went to a Moe's restaurant to enjoy some great seafood for dinner. Beth almost fell asleep before her shrimp arrived and Andrew ate a hot dog---his tastes aren't very refined yet.
Saturday, April 20, 2013: Beth awoke with bright red swollen cheeks. The poor girl was growing sicker. Dr. Newman determined it was Fifth Disease. (Later in the day we discovered the rash all over her body, she still had a bad fever and her ear started to hurt.) We decided to still head out to the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport about 20 minutes from Lincoln City.
I am so proud that you documented your trip. You will love that you have these little treasures on "paper". I still go back on my blog, and am like...oh that's right...that happened.
ReplyDeleteYou are awesome!