Erin and girls, drove to Washington to share it with McKay and
McKenna and their 2 children.
11 year old Elora wrote this all out herself.
She writes just like she talks!
Portland Trip 2014
Day 1: July 10th: We are packing up the final things for our trip,
food, entertainment, and lastly the children. (the most precious
cargo) We get on the road, planning to meet my Grandma and
Grandpa (Lynn and Dale), to pick up Violet’s glasses. But, of
course it would not be a family trip without SOMETHING going
wrong. As we pull up to our meeting place, I fly up straight into
the air. A car has hit us in the bumper. Being in the back of the
van, I get the hardest hit. (although it was super fun to fly) My
mom starts muttering “no, no , no, no come on!” My dad goes out
to see the damage. The bumper is peeling off. The lady was very
sorry, and we traded information. Daddy sets out to get some duct
tape, while mommy contacts my grandparents. The good news is
nobody was hurt and with my dad duct taping the car everything
was alright, and we could get back on the road."
food, entertainment, and lastly the children. (the most precious
cargo) We get on the road, planning to meet my Grandma and
Grandpa (Lynn and Dale), to pick up Violet’s glasses. But, of
course it would not be a family trip without SOMETHING going
wrong. As we pull up to our meeting place, I fly up straight into
the air. A car has hit us in the bumper. Being in the back of the
van, I get the hardest hit. (although it was super fun to fly) My
mom starts muttering “no, no , no, no come on!” My dad goes out
to see the damage. The bumper is peeling off. The lady was very
sorry, and we traded information. Daddy sets out to get some duct
tape, while mommy contacts my grandparents. The good news is
nobody was hurt and with my dad duct taping the car everything
was alright, and we could get back on the road."
DAY 2: JULY 11TH: After a night in the hotel, we get back on the
road for the last 4 hours. We are not super excited to get back in
the dreaded car, but we do it anyway. After listening to Frozen
music all day that day before we endure princess music yet once
again. Listening to Violet sing “Let It Go” was so worth it. During
this car ride my mommy teaches me a game. The license plate
game. If you are in California you get to punch the person next to
you if you see a out of state license. But if you are in Oregon you
can punch on the California license. We played this for a while,
when we are finally only 30 minutes away! We are so pumped to
finally get there. But then all of the sudden we will get there in…
40 minutes? Ugh. Ok breathe. And let all the air out when you
find you are in traffic. Next thing we know we are stuck in 2
HOUR TRAFFIC! Great. We are all driving each other insane with
driving tips from daddy to mommy, Music tips from Violet ,
crying from Cami, stuffing a pillow over my head, and Mommy
trying to make it all better. Not helping. But finally, the heavens
parted and the angles sang because we got there!!!
road for the last 4 hours. We are not super excited to get back in
the dreaded car, but we do it anyway. After listening to Frozen
music all day that day before we endure princess music yet once
again. Listening to Violet sing “Let It Go” was so worth it. During
this car ride my mommy teaches me a game. The license plate
game. If you are in California you get to punch the person next to
you if you see a out of state license. But if you are in Oregon you
can punch on the California license. We played this for a while,
when we are finally only 30 minutes away! We are so pumped to
finally get there. But then all of the sudden we will get there in…
40 minutes? Ugh. Ok breathe. And let all the air out when you
find you are in traffic. Next thing we know we are stuck in 2
HOUR TRAFFIC! Great. We are all driving each other insane with
driving tips from daddy to mommy, Music tips from Violet ,
crying from Cami, stuffing a pillow over my head, and Mommy
trying to make it all better. Not helping. But finally, the heavens
parted and the angles sang because we got there!!!
DAY3:JULY12th: We wake up and ready to go BERRY
PICKING!!! We are all not only excite for us but for Cami! If you
know Cami you know Cami LOVES berries. It’s probably her
favorite thing ever. We get out super excited to pick out own
blueberries ,strawberries, raspberries and peaches! First we do
blueberries. I think the only person that was even close to having
as much fun as Cami was Scarlett! Scarlett would take the berries
we picked and shove them in her mouth one by one. It was then
that Cami said heaven for the first time! Cami would not bother
with the ones we picked, she would take them right off the bush!
We ended up picking blueberries, red raspberries, golden
raspberries(my favorite), peaches, and probably something else I
cant remember. We get up to pay, when mommy asks me if I got
bug bites. No.. nobody did. So we get up to pay and mommy is
itching. The lady at the register says that mommy is allgeric to
some of berry leaves. The golden ones. She says to get home and
shower right away. One problem. We are 45 minutes away from
Mckay and Mckenna’s. so we hop in the car and mommy is
swelling. We get there and mommy is the first to take a shower.
All of the sudden she is yelling for me to get some ice. Her eyes
are swelling shut. In the end she was fine, and that night we played
games.
PICKING!!! We are all not only excite for us but for Cami! If you
know Cami you know Cami LOVES berries. It’s probably her
favorite thing ever. We get out super excited to pick out own
blueberries ,strawberries, raspberries and peaches! First we do
blueberries. I think the only person that was even close to having
as much fun as Cami was Scarlett! Scarlett would take the berries
we picked and shove them in her mouth one by one. It was then
that Cami said heaven for the first time! Cami would not bother
with the ones we picked, she would take them right off the bush!
We ended up picking blueberries, red raspberries, golden
raspberries(my favorite), peaches, and probably something else I
cant remember. We get up to pay, when mommy asks me if I got
bug bites. No.. nobody did. So we get up to pay and mommy is
itching. The lady at the register says that mommy is allgeric to
some of berry leaves. The golden ones. She says to get home and
shower right away. One problem. We are 45 minutes away from
Mckay and Mckenna’s. so we hop in the car and mommy is
swelling. We get there and mommy is the first to take a shower.
All of the sudden she is yelling for me to get some ice. Her eyes
are swelling shut. In the end she was fine, and that night we played
games.
DAY 4: JULY13TH:Just church and fun with Scarlett, Grant and
Mckay and Mckenna.
Mckay and Mckenna.
DAY5:JULY14: Trip to the Coast! We get in the car, (this time we
steal Mckenna in the car and daddy goes with Mckay. We get to
this very simple and awesome hotel! They give free cookies. I
don’t think a hotel gets better than that. But. It. Did. They also
give free taffy, free movies for rent, board games, and they
HANDWRTITE a letter saying how much they apprectiate our
stay. And if that is not awesome enough, there is a patio that is just
outside the Oregon beach! Grant loves the beach more than
anything, so that is the first thing we do. Violet wants to build an
Ariel sand castle. Aunt Mckenna and I get to work. We even have
a tow bridge, and a carriage for Ariel. Attetion to detail. The
Ocean is freezing but that does not stop Grant, he body slams the
water ready to take a swim.
steal Mckenna in the car and daddy goes with Mckay. We get to
this very simple and awesome hotel! They give free cookies. I
don’t think a hotel gets better than that. But. It. Did. They also
give free taffy, free movies for rent, board games, and they
HANDWRTITE a letter saying how much they apprectiate our
stay. And if that is not awesome enough, there is a patio that is just
outside the Oregon beach! Grant loves the beach more than
anything, so that is the first thing we do. Violet wants to build an
Ariel sand castle. Aunt Mckenna and I get to work. We even have
a tow bridge, and a carriage for Ariel. Attetion to detail. The
Ocean is freezing but that does not stop Grant, he body slams the
water ready to take a swim.
DAY6:JULY15: Crabbing! The day we get to go crabbing! We
grab the net and drive out to a bridge to do some amateur
crabbing! The law in Oregon is that we cant bring home female
crabs, and they have to be a certain size. We drop the net and bring
it up 5 minutes later. A crab a crab!!!! We bring up and take some
pictures only to realize it is too small. We don’t care. We drop it
back and try again. We catch too small crabs for a while, when we
finally catch the right crab! Yeah!!! We put it in the ice chest.
Then daddy comes over and says that it is too small. We groan and
throw it back. It is still partially frozen, so when we throw it back
it does not thaw. It just floats like its drowning! Then, a pelican
swoops down and tries to get the crab! No! Crabby!!!! Thankfully
it was ok. In the end we caught two crabs and Uncle Mckay and
daddy loved it when we cooked it. ( we killed them in billing
water, trust me it was better than the other way)
DAY7:JULY16: Boys go on a camping trip, while everybody else
stays home and has an awesome time. The only thing was , the
boys took every single set of keys available. We had no way of
using the car to go to the store! So what we ended up doing was
putting everybody in a stroller and pushing them to the store. Up.
A . hill. Awesome.
stays home and has an awesome time. The only thing was , the
boys took every single set of keys available. We had no way of
using the car to go to the store! So what we ended up doing was
putting everybody in a stroller and pushing them to the store. Up.
A . hill. Awesome.
DAY8:JULY17: Downtown Portland and relaxing and play the
Wii U.
DAY9:JULY18: Kayaking day! Aunt Karen, Aunt Mckenna
,mommy ,and I get to go kayaking! Aunt Mckenna and I were in a
boat together, and Karen and mommy in another. I was steering
the boat in the back and Mckenna was in the front setting the pace.
True we bumped into many many things, but in the end we were
the last ones to finish. But for a good reason. Toward the end there
were waves which made it very hard to steer. If you have never
Kayaked before I highly suggest it. It was an awesome experience
and I would gladly do it again (hint hint).
,mommy ,and I get to go kayaking! Aunt Mckenna and I were in a
boat together, and Karen and mommy in another. I was steering
the boat in the back and Mckenna was in the front setting the pace.
True we bumped into many many things, but in the end we were
the last ones to finish. But for a good reason. Toward the end there
were waves which made it very hard to steer. If you have never
Kayaked before I highly suggest it. It was an awesome experience
and I would gladly do it again (hint hint).
DAY10:JULY19: Day at Uncle Tyler and Aunt Karen’s new
house. Since Leo and Scarlett have such close birthdays, that we
were not able to stay for, we decided to have an early birthday
party. Scarlett turning one, and Leo…. I forgot. Anyway they have
an awesome backyard, with an awesome playground, and I got to
meet Rich! Rich is very friendly and loves to play pirates. He did
not know what pirates were until I told him apperantly. Oops. So
anyway we played and ate blueberries played and ate blueberries,
until finally our parents came home from ziplining. We had an
awesome backyard barbque, and played volleyball with a Justice
Leaguge ball of Rich’s.
house. Since Leo and Scarlett have such close birthdays, that we
were not able to stay for, we decided to have an early birthday
party. Scarlett turning one, and Leo…. I forgot. Anyway they have
an awesome backyard, with an awesome playground, and I got to
meet Rich! Rich is very friendly and loves to play pirates. He did
not know what pirates were until I told him apperantly. Oops. So
anyway we played and ate blueberries played and ate blueberries,
until finally our parents came home from ziplining. We had an
awesome backyard barbque, and played volleyball with a Justice
Leaguge ball of Rich’s.
DAY11:JULY20: Church again! Celebrating Pioneer day in
Oregon. Best place to be to do that!
Oregon. Best place to be to do that!
THE LAST DAY: The last day was by far the saddest. We had to
pack up and leave! We did not want to AT ALL! Mckay and
Mckenna were so so nice to us for letting us crash. We had so
much fun on our adventure, and so thankful to Great Grandpa
Rozier and Susan for giving us the money to do this!
pack up and leave! We did not want to AT ALL! Mckay and
Mckenna were so so nice to us for letting us crash. We had so
much fun on our adventure, and so thankful to Great Grandpa
Rozier and Susan for giving us the money to do this!
Thanks for enduring my 1,453 word adventure! I have a Family
Camp review as well coming soon! Thanks, and sorry for all the
misspelled words!
Camp review as well coming soon! Thanks, and sorry for all the
misspelled words!
7 comments:
That was darling! she's a great little reporter!
Sounds like so much fun. Great reporting Elora.
Oh my! I loved reading this. I just felt like I was there for the whole thing. I like that kids tell things how they really are...the good and the bad and I think that is good because they we all know that OUR family vacations are "normal"!
Excellent vacation review! Good job, Elora!
darlene
LOVE it! And I am so impressed with Elora's writing ability! She writes better than many of the college students whose essays I edited.
I wish we could have seen more of the family--but we're grateful for the time we did get with them!
We had the best time! I am still so sad that it's over. And I love Elora's summary! She is pretty amazing!
What a great journal. You know I am one of Elora's biggest fans.
She rocks.
=)
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