Even though I vow every year that I won't let it happen another year, yet again, we have managed to spend our entire week of break under the cloud cover of Oregon. We escaped Portland for a quick over-night at an even more overcast location--the coast. J wanted to go see the Giant Pacific Octopus at the Newport Aquarium, so the kids and I picked up Daddy at work and we headed West on Wednesday afternoon. We didn't have any lodging plans, except we knew we wanted to jump on beds.
We had dinner with the Reaumes, who had spent the week in Lincoln City, and stayed at the Palace Hotel nearby. As you can see, the bed jumping there was excellent. After a "make your own waffle" continental breakfast, we headed to Newport. The Reaumes had warned us about the crowds, so we arrived at the aquarium about 20 minutes before it opened. (See the family standing in line.)
Arriving early was awesome. We missed standing in a long line to get in; we had the run of the aquarium for the first 30 minutes; we ate a really yummy lunch in the cafe while there were still lots of open tables. That's really the way to go see the aquarium.
Afterwards we swung by the OSU Hatfield Marine Lab, and we were lucky enough to arrive just as they were getting ready to feed Amigo, their Giant Pacific Octopus. Jackson got a front row seat on the action. It was cool.
Finally, we headed to Yakina Head Lighthouse. It was a really terrible time to tidepool, the tide was too high, but we explored, climbed to the top of the Head and then poked around the beach until we found a few anenomes.
At last we headed home in time for baths and bed.
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