the number of road trip participants tripled for phase two. we were joined by the arden family, some of my favorite friends of all time. tara and i met at sbu when we were both on the croatia mission team and her husband matt is also a fellow bearcat. she is definitely what you would call a kindred spirit...sometimes we're so alike it's scary. they have welcomed me as an honorary member of the arden family and i couldn't be more pleased. along with them came two of my favorite little people, sophia and tori. the six of us piled into the car and the fun began. we:
- ate picnic lunches by rivers and on beaches
- celebrated sophia turning the big number four
- hiked the lady bird johnson trail at redwood national park
- explored a lot of beaches with some really cool sand
- listened to our pal dave through our awesome sound system
- took a sand dune buggy ride through the oregon dunes national recreation area
- visited the world's largest sea lion cave
- sang 'hey soul sister' more times than we could count
- played on the beach with our sand pails
- stayed in some fun hotel rooms, our favorite being the one with a loft, fireplace and an ocean front balcony
- laughed at tori walking like a monkey
- visited the oregon coast aquarium and saw some amazing jellyfish
- ate a lot of 'fresh off the boat' seafood
- watched movies in our 'drive in' theatre
- made some comic book shop stops for matt
- ate at a fun fifties diner in eugene
the whole trip was a really fun adventure!
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