Depoe Bay to Nedonna

This weekend, we visited my parents at their new place by Depoe Bay.  We hung out with them, as well as my sister Kristen and her two younglings, Brooklyn and Jackson: 

Next time, Uncle Erik will bring a couple extra helmets for them...

On Sunday, the plan was to head north to Nedonna beach, where we'll be staying for the week.  But first, the kids got in a few games of Uno with Grandma V:

Donna and the kids drove the family truckster to Nedonna, while I was able to ride my bike.  I wasn't super pumped about the thunderstorms floating around, but the weather was pretty great - 60s, very light rain, and cloudy.  My favorite. 

The route was a lot more hilly than I expected, but it was a great workout.  There was a ton of traffic on Highway 101.  I got buzzed a few times by big trucks towing camping trailers, but 99.9% of the drivers were just fine.  There was a lot of debris on the shoulder of the road, and I ended up stopping to fix a flat, and once more to buy superglue to plug a hole left in my tire by a chunk of glass.  Donna caught up with me with about 35 miles to go, and gave me another tube to carry along the way.  Luckily, I didn't need it!

I hardly ever saw the ocean on my way north, but there sure was some nice scenery along the way.  The scene still stuck in my mind is of thick white clouds merged with lush green hillsides.  It was a refreshing change from the 100 degree weather we'd been having in Portland.