What a weekend! We started Saturday off with coffee from Flag and Wire in McMinville and pastries from Mac's Market. Both were excellent. Then we hitched up our trailer and made the short drive to the Evergreen Aviation Museum (we could see it from our site).
The museum is composed of three buildings, one of which houses a theater. Mom and Dad really wanted to see Walking with Dinosaurs in 3D but Remy vetoed on account of it likely being too scary. We acquiesced and decided that next year will probably be the year for movies.
We checked out the aviation building first and got to see all sorts of really incredible airplanes. As you walk through the hangar you can see not only the airplanes themselves but also learn about how aviation technology changed over time. Things like gradual increases in horsepower and steadily growing ranges are written on the placards for each plane. The building is dominated by the Spruce Goose at the center. The Goose is the largest airplane ever built and it is made out of...wood. Very strange. It also only flew once. At least it makes for an awesome museum exhibit.
Next we went to check out the space/experimental aircraft building where they have an SR-71 blackbird. Just about everything about the Blackbird is incredible, including all the technology it was carrying. The camera onboard the Blackbird can take a picture and show an identifiable face from 15 miles away! It usually takes me three or four shots to get that with my phone. The Blackbird was also traveling at three times the speed of sound. We learned lots of stuff about space, space flight, and astronaut technology. Both of the museum buildings were very detailed and all of the information was easy to consume, if not a little overwhelming.
The drive to our next site was short and easy. We had a cozy spot right next to the ocean. We went for a beach walk immediately after getting settled, but we didn't make it far before the rain set in. Remy did some writing in the sand to practice his letters. The first set he wrote was "ETL." He must have been spending extra time with grandpa Anatoliy before we left. I suspect the next set will be "SQL."
We went to bed early on account of very little napping by anyone, woke up, breakfasted in our trailer, and then hit the road. Our first stop of the day was the Yaquina Head lighthouse, which had a nice walk, a lighthouse (who would have thought), and quite a few seals diving in the water just off the beach.
After the lighthouse we drove a bit further south and stopped for fish and chips at Luna Sea Fish House. They advertise the best fish and chips in some general area, and they were quite good. We tried the saom and chips, the cod and chips, and a fish taco. Remy tried the chips from all three dishes Parking was a bit of a headache for us folks with long rears. We had to do three different loops through town to find a spot.
With our bellys full we hopped back in the car and drove to our favorite dune spot. This time we had remembered to pack a sled. Emma got in plenty of sand zoomies, Dad and Remy got in lots of sledding, and Remy built a sand estate that included a slide, a pool, and two ski jumps. Mom pushed for a pizza restaurant on site but that was deemed a little silly as there was already an ice cream parlour.
Everyone was tuckered out from running up and down the dunes (some of us occasionally pulling a sled full of child), so we headed back to the car for the last leg of driving for a while. We will be at Bay Point Landing luxury RV park in Coos Bay for a week while Dad does some working. Luckily our site had a very nice view. It has some of the most luxurious gravel I've ever had the pleasure of parking on.
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