Favorite Road Trip Photos

Odin, Lars, Jenn and I had such a great time on our road trip down to Inverness. Things felt lonely after Jenn went home, she is the best Auntie and Sister you could ask for. Thanks for coming Jenn!

It took us four days and three nights to get here, and the boys did such a great job.  There were a lot of questions from Odin along the lines of, "when are we going to get there?" But he was usually (mostly) satisfied with an answer of "a bit longer," or "every minute we are getting closer." Lars was pretty chill about the whole thing, and enjoyed Where's Waldo books.

Jenn and I took lots of road trips together as kids, so it was really fun to do it as adults with kids along...different perspective for sure! One night on the trip we talked to our Mom and asked her about our trips to Wyoming every summer. I told Mom that, yet again, as my perspective has changed, I see how much she rocked. We did those trips with her as the only adult in a VW rabbit. Tiny car, solo parenting, the amount of positive energy she needed to make those trips fun (and they were) was epic. She rocks!

The first night we camped at Fort Stevens near Astoria and got rained on. We, I mean Jenn, packed up all the wet gear and we never got it out again. The next night we stayed in Coos Bay at a hotel and then were able to connect with Yare while they waited out the storm. Next night we made it to a hotel in Crescent City with an indoor pool after a very late start from Coos Bay. Then we made it all the way to Inverness the next day with only a stop at the Redwoods...the boys were super troopers that day!

We had a few days all together at the cabin in Inverness before the boat arrived and I will say it again, it was so wonderful to have Jenn with us.

Fun times!

Camping at Fort Stevens, glow stick fun!

Tillamook Fun

Stretching our legs on the Oregon coast

What do you think they are discussing?  Geological processes, how
to attain world peace, or what they should build out of drift wood?

Working together

Auntie snuggles in the Redwoods

Majestic tree

Hiking

Earthquake trail at Point Reyes visitor center. See the fence in the
picture?  The other part of it is 16 feet away.  During the 1906 earthquake,
the ground moved enough that the fence split apart by 16 feet.
Jenn and the boys are standing on the San Andreas fault!

Hearts Desire Beach.  The name says it all.

More Auntie snuggles at the cabin