Day 8 - Goonies and Eating Sand

 Eugene, OR

Today started out behind... and we missed the donuts as a result. They were sold out. So a quick run to Dutch Bros covered us for coffee and such, and then we headed to Astoria.

The kids absolutely indulged me in the Goonies tour, and I went full nerd.

First stop: Oregon Film Museum:

(Bullet holes)

Second stop: The Walsh House

Third Stop: Cannon Beach

We then toured the coastline on the 101 stopping to eat all of the cheese in Tillamook:

And then heading to Pacific City to do some sand boarding.

Sand. Everywhere. And I mean everywhere. It was a fight to the shower when we got to our hotel.

Hayden ate it pretty good on his last run, and has been paying for it ever since. To be fair, we all ate it, just not quite as hard as he did. Thankfully, the sand is more forgiving then water (Charlie is much better from her fall).

We made a quick stop in Salem to check out the capital building:

Today's Totals:

370 miles

$183

1 Capital Building

Today's Lessons:

1. Turns out Miles really doesn't like sand.

2. If I have to call the doc's office again on this trip for the kids, they are going to make me come home.

3. TRU by Hilton is a COOL hotel: pool table, board games, 24/7 beer/wine sales. But most importantly, they had laundry services, so I was able to get some laundry done!

4. We might have to spend some more time out of the car than in it. LOTS of driving, I think we are hitting the breaking point for pleasant temperaments. 

We are heading back to the coast, hopefully getting a chance to rent a dune buggy, and making our way down the 101 into California for camping in the Redwood Parks. But, we will see where the day actually takes us!

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