Snowy Monk: OR road trip part 3: #OReclipse

Sunday, September 24, 2017

OR road trip part 3: #OReclipse

From Portland, we cruised down to Corvallis to one of Louie's friend's parent's house... where some of his friends were camping out. So we asked if we could join. This worked out best as we'd be on I-5, and this way Louie could easily get a ride home (his roommate Van was one of the guys headed there).

Part 1: http://snowymonk.blogspot.com/2017/09/timberrrrrrrrrrrrrrs.html

Part 2: http://snowymonk.blogspot.com/2017/09/or-road-trip-part-2-shenanigans-in.html

Stopped by Avery Park, as we heard there's a train you can climb on. There's also a HUGE picnic table made of really old-growth lumber... (sob, sob...)

The train was awesome. The kids loved the fact that you can climb all over it and really potentially get hurt. I wonder how long it'll be before it is roped off due to one lawyer looking to get rich...

The flying conductor

There should be a sign taht No drinking beer while texting on the roof the train!

Whale bone replica... random. I approve

I like the make shift grill...

Riding off into the sunset

We put Kai and Nikko to bed in the back of the Prius! It worked out marvelously...

Mon - Eclipse day

Happily snoozing...

So Louie and I went on a quick run.... quick as in short...

I love the kid's faces here.

The discovery of "Strawberry" the mantis!

I love eclipse pics...

The totality was really, really cool. Not life-changing, but almost. Seriously... that cool. I'd love to see it again... I'm really glad that we made the drive. Kai missing the first day of first grade... definitely not as important as this. Seeing the totality was really cool for a dork like me.

The traffic back home was uber hyped. There were definitely more cars on the road and it got congested at times, but overall there wasn't much of a problem.