Last 2 days in Oregon Trip End

This is the last two days on the road. We had a great time and have to thank Boyd and Kristin for the week stay in their time share! They gave us a week stay in their time share for Christmas 2006. We had to book the trip this far in advance to get the reservation as these locations are popular. It was worth the wait. Thanks again for the amazing gift! We really had a good time and got to see lots of great county and best of all we made lasting memories. Thanks!!!!We drove up to Astoria and drove across the Astoria-Megler Bridge.

It was totally amazing! It is the longest continuous truss bridge in North America. It was worth the 20 mile drive up the coast to see and drive across it. It stretches 4.1 miles across the Columbia River.
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Here is a picture I found on the internet of a little different view.

A large ship in the Columbia River. I was totally amazed by this river.
It is truly an incredible site! It is beautiful!

Once we got a little closer to Portland we saw a sign you pick we pick blueberries. David got all sort of excitement! We decided to stop and pick some. It was fun. we have tried to grow blueberries, but they don't grow where we live. David love blueberries, so this was a real treat!

Becky picking berries too.

He looks like he belongs in the blueberry patch.

Caught you William putting a few in your mouth.

Spence thought he needed to shine his before he ate it.
See now it is shiny.

The whole fam pickin' berries.

We stopped by the Portland temple to take a peek. Very pretty.

We stopped at the Bonneville fish hatchery east of Portland. It was very fun for the kids! They have lots of fish. They have food in gumball machines and you can buy it and feed it to the fish. The kids loved that!

This fish is Herman the Sturgeon. He is a 10' long prehistoric fish.
The sturgeon are found in the Columbia River.
Finally one of the best parts of the trip a visit with my grandma Pratt.

Oh and we can't for get about Pancake (the dog).
It was nice to visit with grandma. We haven't been to see her at her home for nearly 10 years. That is awful. Luckily she comes down so we can at least see her. Hope we get to see you again soon. Thanks for the cookies and yummy filtered water! She offered the dog to the kids, and they were sad when we didn't load the dog up with us when we left.