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this past thursday morning we headed out to Portland to pick up Jake's brother, John, from the airport.  He was flying in to visit us for the week and Portland was the best price and we made a weekend out of it.  After picking him up we headed up to Cannon Beach to take a look at Haystack Rock.  While at the beach, Josh fell asleep in the carrier and so we decided to walk around town and take a look at some shops.  We stopped in to Bruce's Candy Shop to find some really great saltwater taffy and a few other things.

We stayed the night in Seaside, OR and the next morning headed back to Yakima.  On the way, we did another hike (around 8 miles) on Eagle Creek. Even though we had been there before, it was definitely enjoyable and I'm glad we were able to explore even more of Eagle Creek. It's a beautiful area.