Continuing with our family adventures on the West Coast as we leave Newport and head to Portland, Oregon.
1st stop was the Yaquina Bay and Yaquina Head Lighthouses. Such a beautiful lighthouse and natural area. It was quite foggy that morning, which made for some cool pictures.
2nd stop was the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR. We found this be a beautiful campus with lots of cool buildings, old and new.
We also went to OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center, which has free to get in. They just ask for donations. I highly recommend this if you’re in that area especially if you have kids with you. Really fun hands-on exhibits.
Next up was a stop in Salem, which is Oregon’s Capital. The grounds around the capitol building are impressive with the “Walk of the Flags” display among other statues. I was really glad we visited.
Our home base for the rest of our trip was in Hillsboro at the Hampton Inn, so we stopped by there real quick, checked in and dropped our stuff in our room.
Then we drove over to the Rose Garden, the International Rose Test Garden to be exact, which is located in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon. 7,000 rose plants of approximately 550 varieties cover this beautiful area that over looks downtown Portland with views of Mount Hood.
We actually were able to see Mount Hood and Mount St. Helen’s that day. From there we drove to downtown and parked. It was a happening place because of festival occurring on the water front.
We walked around and decided to walk across Hawthorne Bridge. We actually got stuck on the other side for awhile because the drawbridge came up to let a boat cross underneath.
We had reservations at Stanford’s Restaurant. This is a place we like to go when we’re in the area just because its our namesake. Really good food.
See all the pic from the day here.
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Hello Lysha, Terry and I were looking at you west coast trip photos. Some awesome photos there! Terry is from Grants Pass, Oregon (most of his life there) He was like… ‘Oh yeah’, as we went thru the various shared photos. Oh, he says, you know your way around a camera…which says a bunch. (but then I already knew this) Great trip you had with lots of planning and wonderful presentation of where to go, park and description of wonderful things to see. I have not been to that area, yet, and am looking forward to seeing the area and going diving, although many areas require strong swimming due to the tides. I have heard so much from the many family members. Thank you for sharing y’alls trip…felt like we were right there!
Thank you, Carly! I appreciate you taking the time to comment.