Oregon Day 6

This morning, we ran out of milk before Justin had a chance to eat breakfast so we headed to The Grateful Bread. He ordered the most beautiful bowl of granola piled high with various fruits. The boys and I got scones. Nolan was pleased to find a scone made with pepper jack cheese, however, he said it wasn't spicy enough.

We headed south toward Lincoln City. While driving, we received news that Bryson would be returning home from his mission two months early because he had a parasite and had been in the hospital in Mexico. It turns out it was much more serious, but I'll get to that in another post. We thought about him and the rest of the family all day long.

In the hills east of Lincoln City, we drove through a long winding forest road to find Drift Creek Falls. It was a fun 1.4 mile hike to a suspension bridge over a rushing waterfall. We were all impressed with the bridge and had to take many pictures. We enjoyed some snacks, Lucy had some mother's milk, and then we headed back. It was another perfect hike. No one complained (it's hard to complain when the weather is so nice) and Lucy slept in the pack on the return trip. 

 The kids all fell asleep in the car so Justin took me to the Lincoln City outlets! It was hard to shop without my wallet, but I managed to find a few things and then go get them with Justin's card. We had dinner at Humble Pie Pizzeria for the best pizza ever. The owner ran the place all by himself (and it was pretty busy even at 4 o'clock) and was quite interesting. A local guy came in and compared him to the soup nazi. We tried to go to the beach and tide pools but it was way too windy that evening in Lincoln City. Here are the boys running away from the windy beach! 

We were all happy to get back to the beach house and relax anyway. We ate some more s'mores Tillamook ice cream and then I took the boys to the beach to watch the sunset. Dad stayed home with Lucy. We missed them though... the sunset was so beautiful! Why didn't I bring the camera?! When we walked back to the beach house, this is what we found. These two were having some snuggle time and Lucy was sleeping with one eye open.

That night the boys chose another movie to watch in bed. They've been taking turns having the top bunk.