In August, we spent two weeks on the West Coast visiting family and friends in Oregon & Washington State. The trip included flights from Pensacola to Portland, a 6 hour drive from Oregon to Washington and back and flights from Portland to Pensacola.
We were blessed with gorgeous weather during our time spent on the West Coast. We visited so many beautiful places. Here is our vacation in pictures ..
While in Scio, Oregon we drove the covered bridge tour. Scio is known as the "Covered Bridge Capital of the West". We visited Gilkey Bridge (constructed in 1939), Larwood Bridge (constructed in 1939), Hannah Bridge (constructed in 1936) & Shimanek Bridge (constructed in 1966).
During our visit to Scio, Oregon we also visited long time family friends who own & operate - Fir Ridge Holstein Farm. We were given a tour of the dairy farm & were invited to pet the baby cows.
We went for a hike at Silver Creek Falls in Silverton, Oregon.
On our drive from Oregon to Washington we stopped in Big Foot Country to see Mount St. Helens.
During our visit to Whidbey Island we stayed with family friends in Oak Harbor, Washington. We spent an afternoon at Deception Pass State Park. We dropped crab pots in the Puget Sound & enjoyed dungeness crab for dinner. We visited the Wharf Downtown Coupeville, Washington. We visited a West Coast beach which was a first for my husband & Carter Cole and we saw the Graffiti Wall at West Beach.
We took the Mukilteo Ferry from South Whidbey Island across the Puget Sound to Seattle. This was another first for my husband & for Carter Cole. We spent the day exploring Downtown Seattle .. we saw the Space Needle, the Freemont Troll, Pike Place Market, the Market Theater Gum Wall, the Seahawks and Mariners Stadiums & the original Starbucks.
Fortunately for our little family, my parents will be moving to the West Coast soon enough so this won't be our last vacation there. I am thankful that all of our West Coast family & friends were able to meet Carter Cole during our visit. We truly enjoyed spending our time with all of you! We couldn't have asked for a better trip to close out our summer. Thank you for reading about the #nesmithfamilyvacation.
xo, Jordan
PS: All of our day trips on our vacation will be highly recommended! We had so much fun each day exploring somewhere different and now we have the pictures & memories to show for it!
During our visit to Scio, Oregon we also visited long time family friends who own & operate - Fir Ridge Holstein Farm. We were given a tour of the dairy farm & were invited to pet the baby cows.
We went for a hike at Silver Creek Falls in Silverton, Oregon.
On our drive from Oregon to Washington we stopped in Big Foot Country to see Mount St. Helens.
We took the Mukilteo Ferry from South Whidbey Island across the Puget Sound to Seattle. This was another first for my husband & for Carter Cole. We spent the day exploring Downtown Seattle .. we saw the Space Needle, the Freemont Troll, Pike Place Market, the Market Theater Gum Wall, the Seahawks and Mariners Stadiums & the original Starbucks.
Fortunately for our little family, my parents will be moving to the West Coast soon enough so this won't be our last vacation there. I am thankful that all of our West Coast family & friends were able to meet Carter Cole during our visit. We truly enjoyed spending our time with all of you! We couldn't have asked for a better trip to close out our summer. Thank you for reading about the #nesmithfamilyvacation.
xo, Jordan
PS: All of our day trips on our vacation will be highly recommended! We had so much fun each day exploring somewhere different and now we have the pictures & memories to show for it!
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