Days 3, 4 & 5 in Oregon

Saturday –

• Left Stevenson and visited the Bonneville Dam and fish hatchery (great big turbines and very large fish)
• Drove the Historic Columbia River Highway and saw a few great waterfalls and beautiful views
• Arrived in Portland and ate lunch at the mall
• Took a while to find and park at the Rose Garden (lots of lovely roses)
• Some of us thought we had died and gone to heaven in the Tillamook Cheese FactoryJ (Mike is a manufacturing man and he loved deciphering the web of machines that eventually shot out little packages of cheese—Abby just loves cheese—I thought it was nice too)
• Arrived at the lovely beach house here in the Newport Area

Sunday –

• Went to church
• Took long naps
• It was our food day – We made German Pancakes and fruit for breakfast and fish tacos and broccoli for dinner
• We drove down to the chilly beach

Monday

• Mike drove into Corvallis and worked a half day checking out a machine builder
• Abby and I relaxed in the beach house
• In the afternoon we went to the beach to play in the sand and fly kites
• Played games in the evening