Number 18 - Portland Zoo

Okay, no picture for this one, but we do have a receipt. Ask us to see it and we'll send it to you!!

Number 17 - Pro Basketball Game

Number 16 - Corn Maze

Number 15 - Mt St. Helen's Visitor Center

Mt. St. Helen's is awesome. Mainly because I love science and learning about the volcanic eruption that occurred in 1980... After the visitor center, we went to Johnston Ridge Observatory and went on a ~6 mile walk. Make note that the JRO is an hour away from the visitor center. Will be going back.

Number 14 - Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach

After our visit to Seaside, we drove about 9 miles south to Cannon Beach where the weather was a lot sunnier and warmer (not sure how). Haystack Rock is the 3rd largest monolith in the world at 235 feet and is featured in the opening scene of Goonies. Apparently you can walk out to the rock at low tide, but we were there closer to high tide... will have to save exploring the ecology at Haystack Rock next time.

Number 13 - Seaside, OR Volleyball - August 8th

This tournament was awesome because we got so much free stuff: Monster drinks, 2 12-packs of Coke Zero (had to do 20 push ups for them), Vitamin water. At Seaside, we also got $0.75 ice cream cones and visited an awesome arcade. I love Seaside and will be going back. Also, watching the volleyball was kind of cool too, especially when there was a huge debate on the main stage about whether the ball was in or out.

Number 12 - Bite of Oregon - August 7-9

Bite of Oregon is a three day, food, beer and wine extravaganza with proceeds benefiting Special Olympics. I actually volunteered on Friday and Sunday night, but Brent came on Friday night after I was done. As a volunteer, I was able to get a few freebies which was nice.