Portland Trip

We did a quick family trip to Portland over Evelyn's Spring Break.  Our first stop was the Ape Caves below Mount St. Helens.  They are lava tubes that were created from when the volcano erupted.  We didn't anticipate snow but decided to hike to the caves anyway.  Next time we will have to wait until summer!

That night we went to our hotel.  This was probably the girls favorite part of the entire trip!  Next time we will just need to get a hotel in Richland:)  They loved everything about the hotel.  Everything seemed exciting to them.  Even using the bathroom.

In the morning we took the rail car to the OMSI museum...

And then we fell in love with OMSI!  At first I wasn't quite sure and then we discovered the Children's Playground and were sold!  The girls are building a dam below.

The rest of the museum was awesome too.  Daryl got put on a live mythbusters challenge.  It was challenging the idea of dodging a paintball.  Daryl concluded he could dodge a paintball shot from 175 yards away.  We also ate at the sit down restaurant at OMSI and the food was worth bragging about!  It had nice warm fireplaces by the tables and was between $6-$8 a plate.  I will definitely plan on eating there the next time we go.  If you go make sure you go to the restaurant and not the "cafe."

Daryl had just ran through a mythbuster test of if running through rain or walking through rain gets you more wet.  I think that's why his clothes look spotted.  At least I hope that's what it is!  Oh and running in rain gets you more wet than walking!

We went to the pearl district and shopped around and then stopped at Voo Doo Doughnuts.  They are famously known from the Food Network.  It was fun to try and wait in line with Evelyn but I don't have a need to wait in line again for them!

On the way home we stopped at Multnomah Falls and walked around.  It is always a beautiful stop.  A fun trip with the family.  I love my girls and the one man in our house!