Roadtrip with Grandma : Portland

While Grandma was here we put the extra seat in the van and hit the road. Penny liked having company and she loves the snacks.We stopped for lunch at a British pub in Hood River. Mark finally got to try bangers and mash. Penny thought the ice in Daddy's cup was great. We stopped at Multnomah Falls and climbed up to the Benson bridge. Those railings are a little bit far apart. We went swimming as soon as we got to our hotel. Ikea was a nearby and perfect spot for dinner.
Saturday we went for a swim first thing and then drove to Vancouver to see Mark's Great-Aunt Veta and her sons. We had a picnic lunch at a lovely park. They had sticks there, and a pile of wood chips which Henry liked as much as the expensive equipment.Maryann and Liisa spent the afternoon with us shopping in Vancouver while Grandma got some family stories and genealogy information from Veta and Steven. We stopped for everyone's first frozen custard to refuel. Steven knows how to ride a unicycle! We all had dinner together before heading back to Portland for bed. Sunday we swam in the morning and brunched at our hotel before Maryann left for home. We took Grandma to Ikea to show her the whole store and the kids had their first experience with the play-land there. The escalator was a bigger hit and the kids made everyone ride it several times before an ice cream cone and the road home.