I know many people who dread the day their mother-on-law comes to visit. I am not one of those people. When my mother-in-law comes for a visit I get as giddy as the girls do. Fun will be had and very little rest will occur--except perhaps in the car between fun.
This weekend is no exception. For the day today we decided to get Hannah out of school early and head for the coast. Our destination: Astoria. We headed straight for the Cannery Cafe and the famous Gunder Buns.
We spent most of the meal trying to decide just what the secret ingredient was that makes them so irresistible. The waitress claimed only the owner knows the secret. . .but we detected a hint of honey. . .and something else. Of course the rest of lunch was great also. I had crab cakes (again--we went out last night and had seafood then too) and tomato & red pepper bisque--YUM. Everyone else had clam chowder--also good.
Since the Cafe is on the pier we had to climb the tower and hunt for seals and seagulls.
(Sig watched for seals out the cafe window while we were eating lunch.)
The view from the cafe window
The quaintness of Astoria gets me every time. The old buildings are so interesting. . .
. . .and the houses are so cute I want to move right in!
And, of course, you can't visit Astoria without visiting the Column.
The view is spectacular (although I took these from the parking lot because the tower was closed for maintenance.)
My daughter is in 4th grade and my mother-in-law is a 4th grade teacher, which is when they learn/teach all about Lewis & Clark--so of course we had to stop by Fort Clatsop and take a tour.
It was an exhausting day. But the weather was warm, and the sun was shinning--you can't ask for more on the Northwest Coast!
4 comments:
Hi Jenni,
I told G-ma I stalk your blog:) LOL I love it. So I thought I better leave a comment! I just need to get a blog going for our family now. I could easily live over where you guys do. Have fun with Aunt Leesa and G-ma:) Maybe we will see you at G-mas Day this year. Tell Rob and the girls hi from us. Your girls are sure growing up and are absolutely adorable!
Love, Keri and family
Great pics!...can't believe I don't recognize many of those those destinations...been there SO many times. Where is that restaurant? Food looks SO good!
there's no place quite as beautiful as the Oregon coast....even the California one :)!
glad you had a good time with the mother-in-law. i'm getting all caught up on what you've been up to!
I can't believe "Mother Portland" let me sneak in and have three glorious days without rain. She usually dumps buckets on me even before I land. I had a terrific time with my adorable grand daughters, daughter-in-law, mother and oh yes, son. The flight home was magnificent. We could see all four volcanic domes. There was Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Hood, Mt. Rainer (way in the background) and I'm not sure I know the name of the last peak. Perhaps it was Adams or Tabor. Maybe someone else knows for sure. I just know that this was the first time I could see all of them. Awesome.
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