Our final day in Portland included a bit of site seeing and some more shopping!
On our way out we saw the temple and had to stop by to show all the kids this magnificent edifice! I just love how it appears huge and white amid all those deep, green trees! Beautiful!
We stopped at the outlets in Troutdale and stayed longer than we wanted, and
then headed on to Multnomah Falls!
We have a magnet on our fridge from a previous visit, so our boys were excited to see this big
waterfall in person and take the little hike up to get a closer view.
Dorothy's ankle wasn't going to make the hike, so she stayed below and
snapped pictures of us on the bridge!
Then it was time to head home. Aaron and I decided to take the Washington side of the river home to see if it was any faster. Mike and Dorothy ended up staying on the Oregon side and it turns out the WA side is a little faster....like maybe 5 minutes? Depends on whether you get stuck behind some big truck, which we did not, thankfully! Anyway, there are a few cool sites along the way, like this windmill farm....
..and this replica of Stonehendge!
Weird that its in the middle of nowhere in Washington State, but whatever!
All in all it was a fantastic trip and a great way to wrap up the summer.
We're glad we got to do it all with our fun cousins and hope we can do it again next year with ALL the cousins...wouldn't that be awesome?! Let's plan it!
(Thanks Allison :)
On our way out we saw the temple and had to stop by to show all the kids this magnificent edifice! I just love how it appears huge and white amid all those deep, green trees! Beautiful!
We stopped at the outlets in Troutdale and stayed longer than we wanted, and
then headed on to Multnomah Falls!
We have a magnet on our fridge from a previous visit, so our boys were excited to see this big
waterfall in person and take the little hike up to get a closer view.
Dorothy's ankle wasn't going to make the hike, so she stayed below and
snapped pictures of us on the bridge!
Then it was time to head home. Aaron and I decided to take the Washington side of the river home to see if it was any faster. Mike and Dorothy ended up staying on the Oregon side and it turns out the WA side is a little faster....like maybe 5 minutes? Depends on whether you get stuck behind some big truck, which we did not, thankfully! Anyway, there are a few cool sites along the way, like this windmill farm....
..and this replica of Stonehendge!
Weird that its in the middle of nowhere in Washington State, but whatever!
All in all it was a fantastic trip and a great way to wrap up the summer.
We're glad we got to do it all with our fun cousins and hope we can do it again next year with ALL the cousins...wouldn't that be awesome?! Let's plan it!
(Thanks Allison :)
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