Day 2

4:00 AM found me rousing my crew from a surprising slumber considering the trampoline-like surface of our motel beds. (Remember, I got the room for $60.)

To the utter surprise of my three most preciouses, we soon found ourselves seated on one of these:



(Can you see the plane's shadow on the cloud in the above pic?)

A little screen in front of each of us indoctrinated us on the virtues of the Total Pillow.


(It actually did seem quite ergonomic in a dorky kind of way.)

It wasn't long before we touched down in Portland and found ourselves at the lovely home of Elisabeth and Jon and their lively brood.


While the guys struck out to play some disc golf and the littlest ones napped, Delaney, Ava and I walked to a cute little ice cream parlor...



...where unbeknownst to us, much excitement awaited in the form of a bit of blood loss and the knowledge that the tooth fairy would soon be visiting.



We went to dinner at:


Some Portlandian genius decided to purchase an abandoned public school and turn it into several restaurants, a movie theater and some other draws for the populace.


Very cool and the food was good, too.



Are those tater tots I see? (Well, it is a former school after all.)


Gimme somma your tots!

With full stomachs, we bid our friends adieu and headed northwest for Hoquiam, Washington.