the scenery of the drive going up the Oregon coast is like a vacation in itself. it's slow moving, so it takes almost twice as long as it should to get where you are going. that's ok because then you really get to see.
sam asks a lot how many minutes it will take to get wherever we are going.
he always wants a comparison to something he knows in distance.
we measure everything in comparison to how long it takes to get to wee-ma’s house, grandma jane’s house, and auntie’s house. we've driven to cannon beach enough times on this trip; he now has a sense of how long that takes, so we can throw that into the comparison list now.
we try to enjoy our time together in the car. we count speed limit signs along the way and try to guess how many we will see before we arrive to our destination. we also count cows. pete has promised to the boys a penny for every cow they can find. he will probably be paying out about 200 pennies. today we did taffy for anyone who could find a train. i love watching their minds and eyes work on these excursions.
I hope to never forget our ongoing joke that happens over and over in the car. it goes like this:
will: mom?
me: what?
will: Nothing!!
then we all laugh. this can go on for quite some time with everyone going back and forth. i really shake things up with my occasional “Never mind!” instead of “Nothing!” i promise it really is funny and helps the time pass.
today on our drive we saw a turn off for hug point. of course we had to stop and hug there. it seems we make a lot of pull offs like this, but none have been as cute sounding as hug point.
we’ve also driven by this rock so many times we just didn’t want to forget it. it's north of tillamook on hwy 101 near rockaway beach. we call it the tillamook rock, but I don’t know if that’s really what it’s called. whatever, we just want to remember that lone tree out on the rock.
so many things to remember...
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It looks like you guys are having fun.
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