A Night at the Oregon Coast

Back in September when we were in Oregon for Brian's away rotation at OHSU, we left Claire for the first time ever at enjoyed a night together away at the Oregon coast.  We simply loved it.  We drove through beautiful Oregon forest, pausing at Camp 18 (an old logging station turned restaurant/gift shop) just to look around.  We were tempted to eat there, but 2 other great options we'd researched where we were staying and decided to wait.  We ended up eating at Bigfoot's (right next to our hotel).  We had the best prime rib of our lives (actually...the first time I think we'd even had prime rib at a restaurant :)  We then strolled along the beach and got ice cream at a little shop in Seaside.  We laughed that even though we were on vacation and could anything we wanted, we were both tired and decided to go to bed "early".

The next morning, we ate breakfast at the hotel and walked the beach again.  We then drove up the coast to see a few cute neighboring towns on our way to the Tillamook cheese factory.  While at Cannon Beach we visited a cool art shop where we were especially glad we didn't have Claire.  I felt like I was about to break something at every turn...lots of glass :)  We ate lunch at a fabulous little fish shop (homemade clam chowder and fish n chips).  Then, to top our trip off, we toured the famous Tillamook cheese factory; such amazing ice cream! Although we really missed our little girl, it did make us excited for future trips together :)