Sandy Feet and Stained Hands

Chris, Erika, and Finn have been traveling in the Northwest for one of their summer vacations and therefore, we got the benefit of getting to hang out with them on either end of their trip. We will keep it brief on our end since C&E will extrapolate further on their blog about their adventures.


The first weekend allowed us an opportunity to do our first camping trip together on the coast of Oregon. The boys surfed for a few days. Erika, Finn, and I hiked out to a cove one day and along the coast by an old ship wreck another day.












Weekend two took place in Portland. It started with an incredible meal at a recommended Cuban restaurant in town. Saturday morning we drove a few miles out of town to the land of farms where we picked (and ate at least as many as we took home) our own berries (hence the "stained hands"- unfortunately I did not get a great shot of our red and purple fingers, but trust me, even Finn was "red handed" by the end of the event). We returned to Portland for a small (50- 70 thousand people) gathering of Portlanders for the annual "Flugtag" downtown on the river. It involved lots of Redbull, creativity, and hyperness. Check out http://www.redbullflugtagusa.com/ if you want to see the craziness for yourself.

It was awesome to catch up with and see Chris, Erika, and Finn. They were such good sports in our tiny apartment, and made camping with a one-year-old look pleasant. Impressive. Kessler misses Finn already!

" You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf." - John Kabatt-Zin