Waterfalls in Oregon

On the day that we left Portland, Zach took us to see these waterfalls. It was really great.

Hanging out in Portland

Zach took us all over Portland one of the days we were there. We walked and took public transportation. I'm not sure where the picture went that we took of actual Portland, but I'll have to track it down and post it later. We went to the OMSI museum and saw the Body Worlds exhibit. It was very interesting and educational. If you don't know what that is, you should check it out on the Internet. Then we went to this restuarant that served Cajun mac and cheese. Really good. But they did really neat to-go foil creations. Chris got this rose from our male waiter. It was funny.

More 4th of July

I had to put this picture of my mom. It's so hilarious. We got a little bored and started taking some pics. Chris took the one of my mom when she wasn't expecting it. And then I was just posing for pics.

4th of July in Portland

We got to spend the 4th with Zach. He ran a partial marathon that morning and then we spent the day with his girlfriend Rachel's family. Her sister has a house right on Lake Oswego. It was pretty neat. We hung out and listened to the boys play guitar and my mom even got in the water which is amazing because she can't swim. Mom, Zach, Rachel, and her friend went for a row out in the lake.

Redwoods

We drove a little way through the Redwood Forrest. We were really sad because we missed the main drive that you can take that shows all of the amazing trees. We just got off the road and walked a little and took some pics. And the ocean was beautiful in Northern Cali. We also missed the actual drive through tree. We saw this sign and this was a little tree that someone cut out of, it looked like, in their backyard. It was funny. So we actually could drive our cars through this tree even though it looks so small. We missed alot along the way just because our drive was so long and we needed to get where we were going. It was still good.

Joe's Crab Shack and Golden Gate Bridge

We went to Joe's Crab Shack, just us kids for the night. Zane was being crazy as usual. And the day we were leaving, the Golden Gate bridge was covered in fog. It was still impressive.

San Francisco

San Francisco was pretty neat. It was kind-of dirty and scary, but ok. We rode the buses all over town. Our hotel was one of the only ones that didn't have bars on the windows. I don't know if that was a good or bad thing. It was in a good location though. We could see a little of the Golden Gate bridge from our room. We didn't get to go to Alcatraz because it was booked for three weeks. So we just took a picture of it. And we went to Pier 39 which was really neat.

Sea World Sharks

The first picture is of that old shark that was huge. I forgot what it's called. I couldn't image being in the water with a shark that large. This is a funny picture. We went into this water tunnel where sharks were swimming all around us. If you look closely you can see a shark above us to the left. We were on a moving escalator thing so we were trying to take the picture before the shark was out of the picture.

San Diego Sea World

We ate lunch at the Shiprock Cafe and it was really good but pretty pricey. This was my first time to go to Sea World and it was alright. Chris says that the San Antonio Sea World is better. But according to him, everything is better in Texas. :) But it was pretty neat to see Shamu and the tricks.

San Diego

We stayed with my cousin Angela and her husband Jeff. It was a good time. Jeff cooked us a wonderful meal the first night. Delicious. And we went to the beach. We had a good time in the waves. That's Chris and Zane riding the wave. All of us downed some sea water and Zane found a seaweed necklace. So funny.

Vacation Pics Finally

Here are some pictures from our two week trip. I only have time to do them in stages, so the first ones will be Arizona, San Diego, and San Fran. These are the first pictures I took. It's when I finally decided to wake up. But this is Chris and I and then some rocks in Arizona.