Tuesday, April 5, 2011

A perfect weekend

We got up early on Saturday and stopped for coffee on the way to pick up our rental car (A Mercury Milan, which we gave 4 stars!) and drove through sun and rain with a couple stops to browse the antique stores and outlet mall until we ended up here:
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The weather at the coast was gorgeous and we didn't even need jackets. The waves were huge and fun to watch come crashing to shore. As usual, there were seagulls aplenty:
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and we were ready for adventure!
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We made our way into Newport, where we stumbled into our good pal, Chris.
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After a couple beers, we went back to the hotel to settle into our room, John hopped in the pool, and we got ready to head out for dinner...
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And inevitably, a trip back across the bridge to the brewery for the evening..
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We did stop to watch the gorgeous sunset...
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We hung out at the Rogue with Chris until the lovely Sam was done working and then the 4 of us took off for a night of Karaoke. We've done this before and as usual, it was epic. Epically bad if you were one of the poor souls who had to hear us sing....
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The next morning we walked out along the shore to enjoy the nice weather.
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We explored the rocky terrain and watched a couple boats head to sea for the day.
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We stopped for some lunch and a beer and took a whale watching trip before heading back home. We saw plenty of whales but as usual, the boat ride is definitely the highlight of that adventure.
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Even though John had a huge allergy attack on the way, we had a nice drive back to Portland and a lovely evening tucked in back at home. Bliss.

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