1 Halloween 2017 - All the movies; Princess Bride; Forrest Gump; Winnie the Pooh and Harry Potter
2 Wizard Wars!
3 Eeyore, Harry and Pooh (AKA Spencer, Sean and Mona)
4 The Pumpkin Carving Contest - In order, Spencer, Ron, Rachel, Scot, Sean, Kim (and Mona made a Honey Pot for Pooh)
5 Christmas and Hannukah 2017
6 Rachel and Scot discussing the loot
7 Candycane Lane, Woodland Hills CA - so beautiful!
8 Other folks checking out Candy Cane Lane
9 The 2017 Annual Gingerbread House Competition - Kim and Ron made and ice castle; Spencer and Mona made a mansion; Sean, Scot and Rachel made the borg.
10 Scot's Master's Graduation April, 2018
11 Master's Degree in hand!
12 Glad to have that done!
13 Sean, Rachel, the Graduate, and one proud Mom
14 The Happy Graduate and Happy Rachel!
15 Interesting planes on Alaska Airlines!
16 View of the Willamette River from our Hotel Room in Portland, OR.
17 See how hospitable they are in Portland!!
18 We had lunch with Ron's sister Terry and her husband Dave
19 The International Rose Test Garden where they develop new breeds. Really Beautiful!
20 Roses, up close and personal
21 An artsy picture in the Rose Garden
22 Terry and Dave, and Roses!
23 Powell's Books - The biggest book store in the USA, where I found a book I have been looking for 25+ years!
24 Inside Powell's
25 Lunch with Terry and Dave before heading out of Portland
26 A very large ship on the Willamette River
27 The MAIN Building in the City of Rainer- it Is the Library on the Left, City Hall in the Center and the Police Department on the Right
28 A hotel on the way to Astoria; despite its actual name, we dubbed it Bates Motel.
29 Cheese is one of Oregon's largest exports - this is how!
30 The Megler Side of the Astoria-Megler Bridge - the longest continuous-truss bridge in the world.
31 Driving on the bridge
32 The Third Bujarski home in Astoria, OR - circa 1976
33 The famous Little League field in Astoria OR; home of the Bujarski Brother's Team
34 A real phone booth in Astoria. Holy Cow!
35 Wildlife!
36 Astoria Middle School, Ron's home away from home
37 Or, it's more correct name in 1973-1976, Astoria Junior High
38 The base of the Astoria Spire - see the stairs inside?
39 The top of the Astoria Spire
40 The view of the Astoria-Megler Bridge and the Columbia River from the top of the spire
41 More view from the top
42 The whole TEN stories we climbed, hence the pics from the top!
43 John Jacob Astor Elementary School; home of Kindergarten Cop in 1990 and Bujarski boys in the 1970s
44 The First Bujarski Home in Astoria, courtesy of the US Coast Guard
45 Ron promised that black berries are weeds on the side of the road - and they are but they were not ripe!
46 Ron's walk home from Astoria Junior High - through the woods
47 The Second Bujarski home in Astoria - at Tongue Point Job Core Center
48 The now closed Bumble Bee Cannery in Astoria
49 Of course, the Bumble Bee Cannery is now a museum!
50 Yum!!
51 The view from our hotel in Astoria - the Astoria side of the Astoria-Megler Bridge
52 More of the Bridge
53 This used to be a boat storage room - now it is a high end restaurant
54 Fireplace Number 1 in Astoria
55 The Astoria Maritime Museum
56 Astoria Harbor
57 US Coast Guard, Astoria Oregon
58 Sacagawea and child
59 Lewis and Clark's Fort (reconstructed in the 50s since the original rotted)
60 The Fort
61 A bedroom in the Fort (which housed 33 explorers)
62 Seaside Oregon
63 A Sea Lion in the Seaside Aquarium
64 The Seaside Aquarium was just actually a room with about 50 fish tanks - this is one of them
65 One of the nicer homes in Seaside - and it is purple!
66 A great little gift shop along the Oregon coast
67 Part of our beautiful drive
68 Proof that I actually hiked! This was supposedly the "easy one - Crescent Beach Hike - about 4.5 miles from the Mountain to the Sea in Ecola State Park
69 Ahhhh made it to the beach!
70 More Proof!!
71 Crescent Beach is 1.25 miles if you are a bird in the sky - for people with legs it is closer to 2 miles each way
72 The GPS was a bit confused with where the car and the road were!
73 The view on the way back up the mountain
74 Parasitic Trees!
75 Second Hike of the day - to Short Sand Beach in Oswald State Park - we learned our lesson and this was rated "Beginner"
76 Checking out our options
77 The Suspension Bridge in Oswald State Park - very wobbly
78 Scenic Drives were plentiful!
79 The entire Town!
80 This was supposed to be great crab, but we decided to pass
81 History of the Oregon Coast
82 This is where Tillamook cheese comes from - Tillamook OR
83 Huge vats of cheese being made - YUM
84 Sunset in Cape Kiwanda!
85 A sand dune in the middle of the Oregon coast - go figure!
86 Beautiful!
87 Cars allowed in the Beach! Toto, I have a feeling we are not in California anymore!
88 Haystack Rock in Cape Kiwanda
89 Fireplace Number 2 in our room in Cape Kiwanda
90 The view from our Hotel in Cape Kiwanda
91 Absolutely stunning roses in Cape Kiwanda
92 Ron's breakfast in Cape Kiwanda - Yum!
93 Ron taking a very daring picture on the hike to the Cape
94 Avery unhelpful bridge on the hike!
95 Another (less) helpful bridge!
96 Can you believe how beautiful??
97 Hiking towards the Cape
98 Proof that I too went on the hike - 6 miles labeled "moderate" We were more daring....
99 The end of the Cape. Look how hard they make it to fall - NOT!
100 Ron liked this baby carrier and the uncle gladly let us take his picture
101 A whale spout!
102 Proof that stores in Oregon are a bit different!
103 Not your average convenience store.
104 Hmmmm
105 My attempt at artsy photography - and they are purple!
106 The top of Mount Hebo - home to lots of antennas
107 Our first selfie ever!!
108 We were obviously not the first explorers here!
109 The view from Mt. Hebo was breathtaking
110 The ride back down Mt. Hebo
111 The town of Mt. Hebo - the only hotel in town!
112 More cows for cheese - they are pretty friendly
113 Our hotel at Lake Glenedon. It was like being in summer camp as all the rooms were cabins in the woods.
114 The view from our balcony - check out the other cabins!
115 Cape Foulweather to see more whales
116 An amazing seafood restaurant with a clever name
117 Devil's Punchbowl in Depoe Bay
118 Cape Foulweather - so named for its 100 mile an hour winds
119 Sunset in Depoe Bay
120 Looking for whales....
121 Another gorgeous sunset
122 A very interesting tree
123 The top of Cape Foulweather - those condos have quite a view!
124 Fireplace Number 3 in Lake Glenedon
125 Seems that most of the coast is labeled a Tsunami Zone (!!!)
126 Whew!! Now leaving the zone - about 100 yards away (!!!!)
127 Delish coffee!
128 Some very clever signs
129 Look! A whale!
130 No explanation needed
131 You have now seen the entire harbor!
132 Fishing boat on the way to work
133 A Whale!!
134 Well hi there to you too!
135 Lots of folks looking for whales
136 A beautiful view of the Cape
137 While driving back to Portland we stumbled across an Aviation Museum - Ron's favorite place to go!
138 The Spruce Goose - apparently we had to go to OR to see it even though it was in Long Beach for decades
139 A Russian Aircraft A Mig 29 - hmmmm?
140 Part of the Aviation Museum
141 Another Russian Aircraft - A Mig 23
142 Ahhh, an American plane - An F-15A
143 An X-15 Rocket - the fastest plane ever
144 An SR 71 with a D21 drone. There is a great story with the SR 71 but you will have to ask!
145 German Rockets from WWII - V1 (b/w) and V2 (yellow - the first ICBM)
146 The Lunar Model - my dad designed part of the landing gear!
147 This is coffee in Oregon - very few Starbucks around!