My spring break was March 9-13 and my cousin Cami and I decided it would be freaking awesome if I went out to visit her for a few days! It was a BLAST! Such a good break from school and the normal routine. I can't thank you enough Cami for inviting me and being such an amazing host!
I got there super late Friday night. Saturday we hit up the Portland Saturday Market in the morning, which was super fun and full of Portland culture. Travis got off work and joined us. It was an awesome time!
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| Drinking from the public drinking fountains, the Benson Bubblers |
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| I actually kind of love this picture...check out the guy in the background hahaha perfect |
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| Love these two. |
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| Check out all the weirdos! |
After walking around the market for a few hours we headed over to famous Voodoo doughnuts. The line was SUPER long but it ended up not taking that long, and it was definitely worth it!!
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| We're so cute/creepy |
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| Made it inside! |
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| Yummmm |
Then we headed across the street to take a picture by the famous "Keep Portland Weird" sign...good times
Afterwards we headed over to Powell's books and wandered around there for a while. It was pretty overwhelmingly huge. Our feet were pretty tired at this point so we didn't stay too long.
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| Thought about buying this. Billy would have been happy with me if I did :) |
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| Bookstore |
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| Being weirdos |
After Powell's we headed over to the tram that leads up to the hospital where Cami works. We rode the tram up and enjoyed some doughnuts up at the top. Dang those doughnuts were delicious!
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| Being weird again...love these two! |
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| View from the top! |
After that we headed home and watched Big Hero 6 and had a few more doughnuts :) This one had captain crunch on it and it shocked me with its deliciousness!
The next morning we went to an early sacrament meeting and then headed out for a grand beach day adventure! We drove a really long way and made it to Seaside beach. Lexi (their dog) enjoyed it immensely. After walking around for a while found a salt water taffy place and bought a ton of taffy! It was super fun.
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| According to Cami I look like "such an adult" in this pic :) |
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| 1805-1806? What is the purpose of this sign? |
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| Taffy time |
After finishing at the taffy shop we stopped for some lunch and then headed to haystack rock beach since I was being super touristy and wanted to go there. The sand was weird and squeaky when you walked on it which was cool, and the rock was pretty impressive! I wonder how it formed like that.
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| Candid pic that I was actually looking at the camera for |
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| Cutest fam <3 |
After hanging out at haystack rock beach we drove the hour or so to the Tillamook cheese factory! There were some gorgeous views on the way there so of course we had to stop and take some pics.
We made it to the cheese factory and stuffed ourselves with cheese and ice cream :)
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| The factory wasn't running since it was a Sunday but some people were packaging up some huge blocks of cheese...yummm |
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| ICE CREAM |
The next morning we got up and went on a little run with Lexi which was super fun! It is always so great having someone to run with. After that we got ready and headed to the Columbia employee store! I definitely spent more than I should have but I found some gems (a nice jacket, running shirt, and hat) that I love. I could have bought everything though if I had the $$$. After that we had Chipotle for lunch and then headed over to the Nike campus for a quick tour. It was incredible! I have officially been inspired to work for Nike. After that we went to Costco where everyone thought we were a lesbian couple...awesome!
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| I <3 to document everything...even eating |
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| How they used to sell Nike shoes, out of the back of a van. |
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| Walking through the campus |
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| Lake in the middle of the Nike campus |
That evening we got to go out to eat at the most Portland-y place ever. It was super hipster and funky. It was super fun because uncle Gene was in town so he treated us all! So fun spending time with him and enjoying the food all together.
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| Appetizer came on a slab of wood...is this wood organic? |
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| I ordered the vegetarian dish (not really thinking) and this is what I got. What do you think it is? Oatmeal with some gross worms on top? It was actually a pasta with mushrooms on top and actually pretty delicious! Everyone felt bad for me though and kept putting pieces of meat on my plate hahah |
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| Sorry Cami, I had to ;) You two are too cute |
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| Tiny little desserts that were pretty dang good |
The next and final day was another fun filled day! Cami and I woke up and watched the episode of the Bachelor we missed from the night before (stupid Chris chose Whitney...barf) and ate some doughnuts. Then we went and did a hike called Angel's Rest. It was about 5 miles. After the hike we went and saw Multnomah falls, which was GORGEOUS. Gosh Oregon is so pretty.
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| On our way to hike...we know we look way too pretty to go hike ;) we were being high maintenance this day |
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| Took some nature pics to show my students since some of them have never been hiking...what |
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| Best picture of us ever |
Afterwards we got fries and shakes which were AWESOME. Then we met up with cousin Casey and caught up with her for a bit which was so fun!
After that we picked up Travis and headed home. I was pretty bummed I had to come back to AZ...blah. Thanks Travis and Cami for the awesome time! Hopefully we can do it again soon.
