I knew that Fran and Char were coming to visit and Adam picked them up at the airport. When they got here Char said he had to go out to the car "to get something" when he came back in my Dad was with him! Oh my gosh! best surprise EVER!! I was so excited to see him!
We set out to explore The Dalles. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that we do live in such an amazing town. I just wished my family was here and missed them so much that I had not fully appreciated all that The Dalles has to offer. We had so much fun at the Discovery Center, the river, the dam, and even just walking around the town.
We went to Hood River and Adam decided to go into a Juice Bar. We all thought it would just be like a Jamba Juice. We were sooooo WRONG! Dad and Char got this Beet juice drink that had beets, tumeric, ginger and apple juice in it. No ice or anything. Dad took one drink and with a super straight face he looks at Fran and says "This is the worst thing I have ever had, wanna drink." Hahaha. Each of our juices were equally as bad as Dads. Hahaha, I guess we aren't into the super natural stuff.
On our way to Portland we went to Multnomah and Horsetail Falls. Horsetail was so COOL! You could go right to the bottom and you got totally soaked! My camera lens was covered in water. We all loved it!
Multnomah was just as beautiful as ever. This was one of my favorite parts of the trip.
Look at us all the way up on the bridge :) Adam stayed below to take the picture and Char refused to go on the bridge and stayed on the path. Dad kinda freaked out when I picked up Grant and held him up for the picture. He grabbed the back of Grant's coat the whole time. That's my Dad, always my hero.
We went to Portland and walked around the streets. It was a bit of a culture shock to us kids. Seeing people sleeping in doorways on one street and a shop that sold a $2,000 skillet on the next street over.
We were all super excited to try Sushi and Sashimi for the first time. Since I don't know what is good Sushi or not I don't know if it was of good quality, but I am so glad we tried it. I loved the experience and it is one I will never ever forget!
Hahaha, I love this picture of Dad and Char after eating a big ole bite of Wasabi
After a long day exploring Portland we ended the day at the hotel. We all went swimming and Dad even beat Char in a swim race :) Grant loved the water and it was a great ending to such a fun day.
We went to the mall before we dropped them off at the airport and this is a picture of how Stacie and I felt after dropping them off :( It rained super hard the whole way home, and I have heard that the flight was kinda rough on their way home. I am so glad they came to visit. We had so much fun!!!!
