From Oregon to St. George and back Part 1

Last week was lots of fun. We had quite the driving adventure. First we headed up to the Boise ID area where we stayed with some of our dear friends, Mary and Eric Jensen and their 2 wonderful kids. We had a sleepover! The kids had so much fun and they can't wait to go back. Then it was off to Oregon. Here are some highlights:

First we got to ride in a rental car. This Ford Flex was pretty cool. The big down side was it hummed when you hit 75mph.

Here is Emi enjoying her new ride

Ali was great mostly when she was holding the dvd player Grandma let us borrow!

Bridger stayed awake most of the time! What a good sport.

Ryan opted out of driving the Flex since he knew he was going to be driving the motor home back without any relief. What an amazing guy!

Look at those tree's fly by! No wonder we got pulled over twice!

(the first time was for lights, not speed though!)

This is a beautiful Rainbow we saw on our way to Idaho. It was super bright when we first saw it. It faded quickly as we pulled over to take the picture.

This is a shot of us by one of the many scenic areas on our way to Corvalis OR. What a beautiful drive!

I guess Oregon is known for its many beautiful scenic bridges. This is one of them that we passed. It was very pretty.

Next we picked up the motor home in Eugene. We then spent the night in a church parking lot in Corvalis. In the morning some wonderful people at the family history center there helped us find the DMV and get directions to find our way to Dallas OR to pick up a trailer to tow.

So next we went to Dallas. Picked up the trailer. Had our first fun 100 point turn because we went the wrong direction. We quickly learned to really map out your route because you don't want to have to turn around in a motorhome pulling a trailer! Ryan did great though.

Probably our most favorite scenic stop was Multnomah Falls. This is just off I-84 and worth the slight detour. We got to see worms and everything!

The girls were troopers the hiked to the bridge a whole .2 miles and wanted to keep going, even though it was sprinkling and wet.

This is one of those classic set the timers and run. As you can see my set up job wasn't very good and neither was my timing! Oh well. You can still see how beautiful the falls are.