Newport Oregon

We have made it to Oregon, We flew out of Savannah at 6:40 am this morning and arrived in Portland at 1:20 pm. We picked up the rental car and headed out towards Newport. We are here for my high school choir director's retirement concert. Joyce Staffenson was our director though out high school and our senior year lead Choralation (the jazz choir) to second place at the Redding Jazz Choir Festival in Redding California. After the concert, we are going to visit a couple of locations Hannah reported on in school and then head to Hillsboro to visit my dad for the rest of the week.

On the way to Newport, we passed through the Van Duzer Corridor and stopped at the rest area. We got to visit with a Pomeranian that was passing through which helped with our separation anxiety from Diva.

JoAnna and Hannah at the river at the rest area.

Patrick and JoAnna.

Patrick Standing on a tree that had fallen years ago. There is a section missing but the tree has not split so that is the actual diameter of the tree if you add in the missing section laying to the right in the picture.

A shot of the bridge from the bay front.

Eric and JoAnna on the bay front after dinner at Local Ocean. A great restaurant!

Our hotel is in the background, Patrick and Hannah and I went out on the rocks to look at the tide pools. It was a quick trip as the tide was coming in.