Vancouver, BC to Portland, Oregon.

Distance: 520 kms

Actual Drive Time: 5.5 hours

Highlights:

• Woodland Park Zoo – feeding Dave the Giraffe and an old school carousel ride
• Squeaky cheese in Seattle
• Singing Beth happy birthday
• Surprise bag activities in the car (Tal’s fav)
• Seeing the Freemont Bridge go up to let the sailboats pass by
• Seeing Flamingos just like the ones we saw in Anegada

What we learned today:

• You can make paper from elephant poo
• Ostrich eggs are the biggest in the world
• Cheetah’s are the fastest land animal
• Bridges go up to let sailboats pass through

Great first day on the road.  Both kids were champs…no (major) meltdowns, no emergency bathroom breaks, not even an ‘are we there yet’.  That said, 1.5 hours in, Will said he’d like to go home now 😉  Then after we called Beth to wish her a happy birthday, he said he wanted it go home not to see Beth.  Might be a long trip! Woodland Park Zoo was a great pitstop today.  We’ve been before…but the kids were definitely more in to it this time. Feeding Dave the Giraffe was so much fun – both kids loved it.

Tomorrow we hit the coast. Goal is to do about 4 hours of driving per day…not exactly sure where that will put us tomorrow…but guessing somewhere North of Coos Bay.

Night, night!