One of John and I's favorite places to visit, is the northwest. We have been to Washington, Canada, Northern Ca and now Oregon. There is something about the trees, the fresh air and most importantly the mountain bike trails and breweries. If Sierra doesn't grow up to be a professional mountain bike rider, there is a good chance she will own a brewery.
We started out flying to Portland Oregon, were neither John or I had spent some time, and stayed right in the heart of downtown. If I can brag, Sierra was the baby on the plane that you want to sit next to. She slept both legs, through the take off as well as the landing.
When we landing in Portland, we went right to Hood River to see the Full Sail brewery, and of course taste their beer. On our way back to the city we stopped off to hike the tallest waterfall in Oregon. Sierra loved that daddy carried her the whole way up, as for me, I barely made it (boy do I need to workout more).
We continued our vacation by seeing every brewery between Portland and Seattle. We walked through the rose garden, visited some friends in Beaverton, saw the Roloff Farm and then headed out to Olympia WA, where our good friend Josh was getting married.
We spent two nights in Olympia which was full of good friends and great sight seeing.
We ended our trip with a spur of the moment trip to Seattle for the night where we visited our favorite coffee house, and spent the last day with our good friends Jamie and Mary who are expecting a little girl in January. We are so excited that Sierra is going to have another friend to grow up with.
All in all, the vacation was great. This was the start of many vacations to come with Sierra, and she proved she is a great traveler.
I will post pics soon
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