Coos Bay

After all the funeral stuff we changed our clothes and headed south to Coos Bay.  I drove down with my dad and we had a good time chatting and enjoying the beautiful weather.  I don't remember being in Oregon with better weather.  It was sunny and warm with highs in the 70's the whole time we were there.  It was better weather in Oregon then it was in Salt Lake.  It was amazingly beautiful and we were so lucky to be there to enjoy it.

Once we got to my grandpas house we visited with him for a little while and unpacked our car.  After a while my sisters kids wanted to go to the candy store up the street so we all went for sentimental value.  We used to go to this little store when we were little with our empty cans that we exchanged for money and then we bought candy with the money.  Good memories.  We all chose our goods and then my dad paid the nice lady then walked back to grandpa's house.
Then it was beach time (that's the next post).  After the beach we went to dinner at Gino's Pizza.  The food isn't super great but it is my dad's favorite place to eat when he's back in Coos Bay.  He hung out there a lot growing up and spent lots of time there with his buddies.  So it would be like when we go to Leatherby's.  It was fun to go with Grandpa and Dorthy and our whole crew that was there.  All of us kids except Wendy and Teagan.  Not too bad for a trip that was planed last minute.

After dinner we went home and got ready for bed.  I slept in a bottom bunk in the back room.  It wasn't very comfortable, but it was a bed.  Better then sleeping on the floor.  The next morning we woke up and enjoyed just relaxing, eating breakfast, and chatting.  After breakfast my dad, grandpa, and I went on a car ride to see all the rentals.  My dad wanted to show my the different houses he grew up in and all the rental properties that my grandpa and he has.  It was a fun tour of Coos Bay and seeing things of my dad's childhood.  Oregon...gotta love it.