Oregon

For most of our children's young lives, we made regular summer vacations to Oregon.  It was a relatively cheap vacation for us since we could stay with my parents and they were even paying half our airfare---at least for the first 5 or 6 years.   Even though the kids didn't always appreciate vacationing there every year, it grew on them.  Now in their adult years, they often talk about moving there.  In fact, I really thought Ken and I would live there after he retired! 

We spent a couple weeks in Oregon every summer from about 1980 up until about 2008 (when neither of my parents were around anymore).  After that, we still went from time to time, but for a specific purpose (a niece's wedding, a family reunion X-mas on the beach, and to show Oregon to some friends who had never been there before).

I decided to go back into my archived photos and blog about some of those trips.

2015 Oregon 3 week Christmas trip with the "kids" 

2014 Oregon (continuation from Utah), Crater Lake, Clear Lake, waterfalls, Coast---with Schneiderjans

2010  July trip --- Kim's wedding

2006 July trip to Oregon and the Olympic Peninsula in Washington

2005 Oregon July trip with Barb (Crater Lake)

2002 Oregon/Montana/Yellowstone summer trip 

2001 Oregon (showing Dad around Oregon)

2000-Oregon Vacation (Faith's 1st trip to Oregon)

1998 - Oregon with a side trip to Seattle (with Holly)

1997 Oregon summer vacation (yurt and Crater Lake) / Shannon

 

1996 Oregon and Seattle and Vancouver,BC

1995 Oregon (North coast surfing and Maupin white water rafting) 

1994 Oregon (mother-in-law with us)

 

1980-1993 the early years

Willamette Valley

 

Oregon Coast

 

I still love Oregon!  Don't see us ever moving there now.  Probably wouldn't be able to enjoy it like we did when we were younger---hiking, floating, visiting with family (still have a sister and a couple nieces there, but not as many family members as we use to have there).  How I miss those days!!!!