Summer Vacation Begins!

So we began our summer by picking up our favorite teenager from the airport and heading to the Portland Zoo. I think this is the first time in fifteen years that I have gone to the zoo and actually looked at all the exhibits and visited all the animals. I also have to say the one thing that bugs me about zoos is that sometimes you can't see the animals, didn't I pay to see animals. Well, it started out poorly but we quickly found the animals and got to see a lot of them. I wish we had timed it a little bit later in the summer because they are opening a red ape area and the babies look really cute!

Next up was the paint your own pottery! Normally we go to Brush Fire in Eugene, but this time we decided to go to Potter's Quarter (it's next to Coldstone). I think we will go back to Brush Fire next time but I'm happy with what we made and how it came out. I made a bank for my nephew, it is a puppy and I painted it to match his bedroom. It turned out super cute and I have already added some pennies to it....now just to give it to him.

The most fun we had was going to the Oregon Dunes in Florence. We decided to give the dune buggies a try...but we don't know how to drive them ourselves. We booked a trip with Sandland Adventures and waited for our time. We had no idea what to expect, but we dressed warm. Our trusty driver Roger got us all strapped in and off we went! It was AWESOME! It was like a rollercoaster on sand and it was amazing! We got a little tour but we got a lot of adrenaline! I highly recommend it and I can't wait to go back and try out the hour long tour....it goes out on the beach!

We've had lot's of fun these last two weeks and we are heading out here soon to take the niece home and go camping in Idaho.