We had some awesome experiences exploring both Oregon and Washington. We had a 2 night stay at Thousand Trails South Jetty, where we met up with another family and got to explore the beach.
Then onwards to Thousand Trails Pacific City in Cloverdale for a Fulltime Families Oregon trail meet-up. There were many families there and the kids got to meet old and new friends. There was a fathers night out, a mothers night out, which is great because it gives you an evening without kids. And then there was a hike, clamming, exploring the tide pools, and just plain hanging out on the beach again.
For those of you that know the movie Twilight, Forks, WA might sound familiar. The movie was set there because this is a place that is hardly ever sunny, and has the most rainfall than really any other place in the United States. Lucky us, hardly a cloud in the sky, but not too hot either. We stayed at a wonderful little campground called Forks 101 and were able to explore a large part of the Olympic peninsula. I really wanted to see the Hall of Mosses, I had seen a picture posted on Facebook, of this magical forest of moss covered trees and I was not disappointed. This place is absolutely beautiful, just make sure you get there early and you will have this tourist trap all to yourself. Not a bad place to turn 40!
Washington had a lot more to show us. If the weather was as great as we had it for the rest of the year, I would consider living here. Unfortunately everyone assured us we were super lucky and were experiencing those few magical summer weeks. I am just going to post a bunch of pictures, and let them talk for themselves.
And then we got to visit the city of Seattle and meet some great friends we had known back in Zurich. Seattle seems to be a great place to live in (if only it rained less….), it has an awesome vibe, great breweries (always a plus) and a children’s museum, which according to Tyler 2 months later still is the best place he has visited. Especially the machine that sucks in silk scarfs and spits them out at the other end…go figure.
