Vacation pics

This Summer’s vacation centered around long walks along forested trails, laying on sandy beaches, and a bit of white water rafting. My children, husband and I spent two and a half weeks camping in Oregon.  I’ve been wanting to see my neighboring state for years and I’m so glad we finally did it. It’s easy to forget, living in the sprawling metropolis that is Los Angeles, that there are forests growing in the United States. Now that I have been to Oregon I can say without hesitation that I have spent time surrounded by miles and miles and miles of trees.

My plan was to wear a whole bunch of cute camping outfits and have my husband photograph me looking adorable while sightseeing our national treasures. Unfortunately my regime of jeans, T-shirts and sweatshirts just wasn’t all that exciting.  I do have some great photos of an outfit I wore while exploring Sacramento, but that will be next. In the meantime here are some photos of my vacation.

First we stopped in Sacramento, the capitol city of California…

Then it was on to the Southern coast of Oregon…

We then drove up the coast to Astoria and the Columbia River, where we stayed in a beautiful campground by the ocean…

After a few days exploring the beaches and towns of Northern Oregon, we drove south to the scenic Rogue River where we went white water rafting!  We saw two Bald Eagles (wow!) and wild turkeys as well as egrets on our trip down the river.

Many of my blogging friends are happily posting photos of their recent vacations too.  I want to thank Stephanie of “The Loudmouth Lifestyle” for the very cute post on her recent camping vacation (You can see here)  which inspired my layout. Thanks Stephanie!