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Day 24 of Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: Our Most Bizarre Vacation Day Ever

Posted by PapiBlogger on Wednesday August 10th, 2011 at 12:21 PM


On family road trips you have crazy days and then if you’re in our family you have indescribably bizarre days.

The 24th day of our road trip was one for the ages and it all started because I was doing something you always do on vacation: taking photos of scenic places.

The Mean Winds

We were traveling along Oregon’s coast from Newport to the famous Sea Lion Caves near Florence when just a couple miles from the caves I told my wife who was driving to pull over at a roadside overlook that faced a lighthouse surrounded by gorgeous cliffs. (more…)

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Day 23 of the Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: Why Oregon’s Coast is the Most Scenic in the Continental U.S.A.

Posted by PapiBlogger on Monday August 8th, 2011 at 01:35 PM
 

Mile per mile, no state compares to Oregon.

With apologies to California, Maine, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona and Utah, Oregon’s coast is the most gorgeous scenic drive in the entire continental United States.

The Devil's Bowl is one of the more popular pit stops you should make. It's in the central part of the Oregon coast.

Our Buick Enclave, the PapiMobile, had plenty of vistas to stop for.

Here’s 6 reasons why I believe the Oregon coast rises above the rest:

1. Mile per mile, Oregon has more true scenic overlooks than any other state.  Some states grasp at almost anything to declare that they have a “scenic” overlook but not Oregon.  In Oregon, when you see a sign that says “scenic overlook”, it’s scenic times 10.  The crazy thing is that it seems there’s a legitimate scenic overlook in Oregon every two or so miles.    (more…)

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Day 22 of Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: The Evil Blister and Haystack Rock

Posted by PapiBlogger on at 08:50 AM


The 22nd day of our family road trip started with a short drive to Cannon Beach, Oregon where we were looking forward to viewing the awesome Haystack Rock and eating lunch at a restaurant that overlooks the famous coastal formation.

No sooner had we finished our meal than did our older daughter began to cry of pain from a blister on her thumb.  If you’ve followed our road trip so far you know where this story is going as we’ve already had four medical situations: 1. my wife’s emergency root canal surgery, 2. my son’s severe Eczema crisis, 3. my toddler’s bladder infection and 4. my wife’s big gash atop the glacier in Alaska.

Elena's half finger/half blister.

 

Elena’s blister was threatening to make it five doctor’s visits in one road trip.  Her blister was so seriously freaky it was the full size of her thumb making her finger look part monster/part finger. (more…)

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Day 21 of Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: Back in the U.S.A. and on to Quirky Oregon

Posted by PapiBlogger on Friday August 5th, 2011 at 02:14 AM

It's kind of interesting that you won't find such a nice looking sign welcoming you to the U.S. through Mexico.

On the 21st day of our Miami to Alaska family road trip we disembarked the Disney Wonder cruise ship refreshed and recharged to commence the second and final half of our national road trip with several days in our favorite state Oregon.

Microsoft Headquarters

On our way to Oregon we were invited for lunch and a tour of Microsoft’s (more…)

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Day 20 of PapiBlogger Road Trip is Day of Summer Snow and Sand in Oregon

Posted by PapiBlogger on Monday July 12th, 2010 at 12:20 PM


The 20th Day of the PapiBlogger Family Road Trip can best be described as The Great Day of Snow and Sand in Oregon.

SNOW MOUNTAIN MORNING

It began with the Ruiz clan boarding the ski lifts of the Timerberline Lodge, which took us to the belly of Mt. Hood at an altitude of 7,000 feet.  The Timberline Lodge Ski Area has the only year-round ski season in North America but we couldn’t take advantage of the skiing because at this time of the year it’s only available for intermediate and expert skiers. (more…)

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Day 18 takes PapiBlogger Clan on Scenic Masterpiece Drive from California to Oregon

Posted by PapiBlogger on Friday July 9th, 2010 at 02:35 AM

The fabulous Mt. Shasta.

Day 18 of the PapiBlogger Family Road Trip started with a short farewell moment at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge and took us on one of most scenic drives yet from northern California to Oregon.

PAPICAM GIVES YOU THE GOLDEN GATE VIEW

We bid farewell to San Francisco with a quick drive to the Marin-side overlook of the Golden Gate Bridge.  Jonathan’s first good view of the bridge caused him to comment that it was beautiful but short compared to the 23-mile Lake Pontchartrain Causeway that we gave up driving after just two miles.  Of all the bridges I’ve ever seen in person I think the Golden Gate is definitely the most beautiful I’ve seen.

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