So besides going to churches, what does the Reeves family do for fun? I'm so glad you asked!
Monday -- Into Portland for the Children's Museum. Basically for
6 hours we followed our kids around as they said, "Mom, look at this!" The museum was very cool...especially the water works area. You go in a room and there are about 20 stations where you get to do something with water. Rubber duck maze construction, pvc pipe fountain construction, all kinds of stuff. The rub: there were eight a/c vents in a not terribly large room full of semi-wet children and parents. Obviously they didn't want you to stay in there very long. Overall...A+Tuesday -- We took 8 hours to make a three hour drive through the Columbia River Gorge (think Lewis and Clark) over to Hood River (windsurfing capital of the world, it seems) and down past Mt. Hood to the Timberline Lodge. We thought Timberline was our big
destination, but when we got there, we used the bathroom, looked around for about 10 minutes and then jumped back in the car. On the way to Mt. Hood, though, we stopped at a fruit farm and bought the most ridiculously delicious cherries I've ever eaten. We bought a pound...ate them on site and went back and bought two more pounds. Awesome! Draper Farm, you rule! Overall...A+Wednesday -- We couldn't get this close to the Pacific Ocean and not at least see it. Tricia wasn't thrilled with the idea of a 2 hour drive to a beach where it was too cold to swim, but then I read about the Seaside Aquarium which contained a marine life petting
zoo and the opportunity to feed Harbor Seals. This was reason enough to make the trip. Seaside, Oregon is a cool little touristy town...lots to see and do. We parked on the street and had one of the best meals of the entire trip at Dundee's Seaside Cafe. Pacific beaches are huge! The water was cold, but the sun was warm and the kids swam and had a blast. We spent time in a little old arcade, kinda like Chuck E Cheese without the crappy pizza. The aquarium...well its a good thing that everything else was great, because the aquarium was one room. Interesting, but we were only there about 20 minutes. Still, Overall... A+
Thursday -- Thursday was recoup day. Tricia and the kids went to a little nearby park with a playground and wading pool, I went and ran some errands and picked myself up a little rarely experienced treat that I'm enjoying right now as I type. Today was a rest day to prepare for the craziness of flying back to Chicago.I'm very divided emotionally. I miss all my peeps...the band, the staff, the planning team and the only other normal people that we know. But I have really enjoyed the Pacific Northwest. Portland is a great town, even if I didn't get to meet Donald Miller. I could really see living here. But then I have to remember that I'm here during the very short period of great weather that they get.
So Chi-town, here we come, but Portland, you haven't seen the last of the Reeves family. Huge thanks to the Lambka's for inviting us to come and letting me wakeboard.
Peace!
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