Wednesday, August 7, 2013

oregon coast, day two...

Day two had us visiting the GIANT Paul Bunyan and his ox, Babe.
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Paul Bunyan would talk to you if you asked him a question and Ashlyn said, "that's just creepy."  I have to agree that he is a little creepy...especially now that I am looking at the pictures and wondering if that is supposed to be a black undershirt or if he is wearing a deep v-neck exposing his seriously hairy chest.  Can I just say, "ew..."
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On the road again!
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We pulled into a rest stop where elk are regularly seen.  Just that morning at breakfast Hal and Jenny spoke to a couple who had stopped at the same rest stop and saw around 50 elk grazing in the field.
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We didn't find any elk but we found a lot of other beautiful treasures hidden along the trail...
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I love birch trees...
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Our next stop was Crescent City to check out the crab fishermen.
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Our Oregon vacation was inspired by a similar trip that Chris' family took when he and Craig were little.  They fished with their Donpa in these very waters.  Jenny even gave Donpa a call as we stood on the pier and Chris reminisced with him about their adventures.
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After grabbing a bite to eat we headed to Gold Beach.  Stay tuned for the...
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1 comment:

megan, davis, sydney and hadley said...

You guys make me wanna get back there & head north! Looks like great fun :)