Oregon!!

View of the Columbia River Gorge from the Washington State side.

Hannah climbing through tree roots at Multnomah Falls.

Strudwick Family :)

Climbing amongst the rocks on our hike up to Multnomah Falls.

The girls at the base of Multnomah Falls.

It's a one-mile hike up a very steep climb on a teensy tiny path with no railing...

View of Oregon from the lodge at Mt Hood.

Averag accumulated snow depth at Mt Hood Timberline Lodge is 25ft!! This is the view looking out from the 2nd floor!

Deliciously yummy hot cocoa at Timberline Lodge.

View of the top of Mt Hood from the lodge.

goofball Nina...

One of our many stops at a playground along the way...

Eating hot dogs that we roasted over the fire that daddy built on Cannon Beach.

Happy Sisters (quick take a photo!!)

Sunset at Cannon Beach, OR.

The girls promising NOT to get their feet wet...
Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach, OR.

Beachcombers :)

Hannah LOVES the beach!!

Searching for creatures and shells and rocks and sticks and...

Lunch with Beth and Chris at Mother's Bistro, Portland, OR.

Looking north toward Mt. St. Helen's (?)

Butt sledding on our hike in the woods on Mt. Hood :)


Here are a random assortment of photos from our trip to Oregon in February. We had a fantastic time. We spent the night at a hotel on the beach at Cannon Beach (the place where Goonies was filmed!), went up Mt Hood and played inthe snow and visited Timberline Lodge (built with money from the first stimulus package back when FDR was in office), we travelled along the Columbia River Gorge and hiked up Multnomah Falls, met up with Beth and Chris who came up from San Francisco, met and stayed with new friends Megan, Damien, and Avery (Jeremy hooked us up), and trawled around Portland stopping at playgrounds, OMSI, schools and shops to get a feel for the neighborhoods. Part of the trip was to have fun which we totally accomplished and the other part was to check out Portland to see if we might like to relocate there... Guess what? We loved it and we're now in the process of packing up, cleaning up and getting the house sold. We all found that we fit in and that the atmosphere, the people and the environment were just what we all were looking for. Amazing to find a place that everyone agreed upon! So, if anyone knows someone in the market for a beautifully large townhome in Atlanta, let me know!