Grandma Vicki has a tradition of bringing grandchildren to visit us, and this year was Breckin's turn, so we filled our days with activities.
One day we went to Mount Hood's adventure park.
We did the alpine slides, climbed rock walls, tried a Jacob's ladder (unsuccessfully), went summer tubing, and lots of other fun activities.
One of the coolest things that we did was "ride the rails" near the Oregon coast. After a pretty windy drive (with carsick people!), we arrived and got set up on our rail car bikes.
We got to wear super bright colored vests.
Jared partnered with Claire, Dani partnered with Torin, Breckin and Liam were a team, and Jacob went with Grandma.
It was genuinely a lot of fun riding through the woods on railroad tracks.
We would stop at any crossing so the guide could stand by the road as a crossing guard. It was kind of funny. Then, once we got to our destination, we picked up our bikes, turned around, and went back.
We crossed a bridge on the way there and back. It really was a cool activity!!!
Afterwards, we went to the beach at Rockaway.
The kids braved the cold, cold water (and goaded Jared in eventually).
Not content with rail riding as exercise, Jared and Dani took a jog on the beach.
Dani had all sorts of hot mom vibes going on that day!
We built sand castles, played Kubb, flew a kite, and had an amazing day on the Oregon Coast.
What a great way to show off the beautiful country we live in (even though everywhere we went was met with "Wyoming is better!")
On the way home, we took a stop by the Tillamook factory to get some ice cream!
It is special that we have a family that loves to get together and that Vicki helps to continue and build relationships among the cousins.
