HOGS Vacation June 2015

Hale Oregon Getaway Shindig 2015

The Hale family got together for a reunion in Lincoln City, Oregon June 18-24, 2015. We stayed at the historic, eclectic Anchor Inn. We all had rooms inside this old B&B and had our meals together in the dining room. Each family took one day of meals and cooked breakfast and dinner for the family.

The girls and I started out on our road trip on the morning of June 17 and stopped at Twin Falls, Idaho for lunch. We were able to stretch our legs and see the beautiful falls. Continuing on I-84 we saw the the Boise Temple and stopped in Pendleton, Oregon for the night. The girls especially loved swimming in the pool and eating breakfast. Max and Ashley crept in to sleep in our hotel room after the girls had fallen asleep and we all continued on in the morning.

Twin Falls

Boise Temple

Playing in the pool at the Holiday Inn Express in Pendleton, OR

 Multnomah Falls in Oregon is a beautiful area in the Columbia River Gorge and we stopped there for lunch and Max and Ashley walked with the girls onto the bridge! Then we finished the trip on toward the ocean.

When we finally made it to Lincoln City we were welcomed by most of the family that had been arriving at different times through the day. Then we explored the Anchor Inn.... at first we were overwhelmed by all of the eclectic bric-a-brac and it made Evelyn nervous but we decided to share a room with Grandma Kari and by bedtime we were all settled in. In the morning the cousins wandered down to our room and watched Lady and the Tramp until the rest of the house began to stir and breakfast started.

The Gorman (Our room)

The Living Room upstairs

The Lillian (Aaron's room)

The Dining Room

At dinnertime Aaron made it! He had to work at the hospital in California that first day but was able to drive up and share the rest of the trip with us!

The family surprised us with a "money salad" for our upcoming wedding

The Pacific Coast Aquarium in Newport

The aquarium was great! The kids loved seeing all of the creatures and it was a beautiful day. 

Sophia the pufferfish, Aaron the scuba diver and Evelyn the octopus

We volunteered to take Wren to the aquarium with us

Sophia watching the eel

Jellyfish

Evelyn loved the puffins

Evelyn took this picture of the puffin

We loved hanging out at the beach. There was a nice area just down the road from the Anchor Inn and we called it Seal Beach because of all of the harbor seals that were hanging out on the rocks. We flew kites, played horseshoes played in the sand and water and enjoyed the sea air.

Devil's Punchbowl

We loved exploring the tide pools and it was fun to have the entire family together. We saw starfish, anemones, urchins, sea cucumbers and played in the caves and tide.

Depoe Bay

It was fun spotting the whales in the ocean! We would look and catch a glimpse of water shooting up from the blowhole and then the back sink into the deep. We ate ice cream and walked around the shops and bought souveniers.

Goodbye HOGS