Sunday, July 27, 2014

Bandon Safari

After biking downtown we headed to Bandon - about 30 mins south of us. It is a little more touristy and cute. I would love to go back and explore some more. We ate clam chowder, checked out the West Coast Game Park Safari, and finished at Face Rock Creamery where they make cheese.
En espa~nol:
Despues de ir en bicicletas al centro. A 30 minutos al sur de donde vivimos hay una peque~na ciudad con mucho atractivo turistico. Ir una vez no es suficiente. Comimos la famosa crema de almeja en un plato de pan, visitamos tambien un safari/refugio de animales y terminamos visitando la fabrica de queso "Face Rock Creamery"

Reindeer! They were pretty aggressive.




To the point where I was holding it high so they couldn't grab it out of my hand



BYU Cougars!



I am trying to look like my lama friend

Dandy"lion" the baby lion.



Tigger (I know original right?) the baby bengal tiger

He moved a lot so it was hard to get a good pic, but still cool.


White Bengal tiger. So close!




Can't remember what this is- something like a racoon


Baby possum. I got to hold him!

Stinky ferret.

Jamir and I's favorite part. Petting Todd the fox. He was so sweet.


 The goats really liked to jump up on Jamir (I think he may have encouraged it a little :)



So that is where Chimps pick up throwing feces...from us.


The "child" size ice cream

Cheese samples! They were really good. We will be returning.

Coos Bay Boardwalk

To start our Saturday off right, we took a bike ride to the boardwalk in downtown Coos Bay. We actually live in North Bend which is pretty much connected to Coos Bay. But I do not see it as much. So it was fun to walk around and read the history. Thanks for letting me take your bike, Mom.

En Espa~nol;
Para empezar nuestro sabado activos nos fuimos en bicicleta al centro y al malecon de Coos Bay. 

Luckily, we have a good bowling alley here. We went for some cosmic bowling Friday to test it out.













Arago State Park and other things

We are in the third week of being here! It is starting to feel more like home. We have visited Arago Beach a couple times this week. We went on Monday to grill some veggies and then I really wanted to see me some star fish so we came back a different day when the tide was low. Unfortunately I did not find them, but we saw a lot of hermit crabs. 

View from our window.
I know this makes me a cat lady, but I really want one. We have at least 3 that hang out in our parking lot all the time so this makes it better.


It's always colder than I think it's going to be.







Looking at tide pools


Lots of Sea lions.



 I've wanted to make strawberry pie since I got Grandma's recipe in Elko. It only seemed fitting since we live in a place so abundant in berries.


Thursday, July 17, 2014

Elko for the 4th

I know this is late, but we finally have internet! So the Oregon posts are before this one.

We spent a week in Elko for the 4th. It was fun to do all the normal things we used to do. We watched the parade, took a hike up Thomas Canyon, watched fireworks and visited with Grandma. We were able to record some of her stories and it was very interesting. I am glad I get to know her life better.

Grandma and Phil in front of Grandma's always well kept flowers
We took a cruise in Dad's 71 Chevelle up Lamoille Canyon.





I like the light here :) Dad in his "English" hat.

Some really cool waterfalls! I was surprised we hadn't done this hike before.




There were beautiful wildflowers. It inspired me to do more painting.


Snow at the top as usual



And Jamir cutting down the tree he cut from last time. Chores are part of the Elko experience :)