Cannon Beach

On an unusually sunny November day, we decided to drive out to Cannon Beach for the day. (It's only about an hour and a half from Portland) It's got a cute little town and a gorgeous beach. Also happens to be where the Goonies was filmed, so Tyler convinced Megan to watch it since she'd never seen it. 

Multnomah Falls

There are endless places to hike just a short drive away, but we decided to check off Mulnomah Falls from our list early on. Even on a drizzly day, there were tons of people there to see the waterfall. The hike to the top was about a mile of a windy, very uphill path. There were lots of scenic views (already told Lauren Tindall we'll reserve double the time for this hike when she visits for all her picture-taking)

Settling In

We lived with our Air BnB hosts for a week and a half in Portland before moving into our studio apartment in SE Portland. Since we drove with only what we could fit in our cars, we had a lot of DIY projects and craigslisting to do to make our apartment more homey.

One awesome place in Portland, The Rebuilding Center (http://rebuildingcenter.org), has recycled building materials. We got a door to use as a headboard and some reclaimed wood to make the footboard of the bed frame we built. 

We also built a coffee table with some apple crates.

Still more projects to go, including some bike shelves, but pretty happy with how our place is coming together! 

Oh, and pretty happy we live one block from some fantastic food trucks:

DAYS 6-8: Last Leg!

On day 6, we drove from Denver to Park City, Utah and got to visit with Taylor. It's a ski town but the Saturday nightlife was alive even before the start of ski season.

From Park City, we headed out of Utah, through Wyoming, and up through Idaho. We got to make another stop at a diners, drive ins and dives feature: Pizzalchik and enjoyed some baked potato pizza. From Pizzalchik in Boise, we drove just a little further to make it across the Oregon border and stay the night in Baker City, Oregon.