Portland continued continued

The next day... we went to Powells book store... funny thing is that we ran into James and Emily there on accident.  It was fun to see them one more time.  We looked up and found books that we've been looking for forever.  Spent too much money, but had fun.  Then we went to the waterfront and rented a bike and went around on a couple of the bridges.  Then we went to walk around downtown for a while... then went to swim in our hotel pool. 

The day after that... we were all pretty tired...  but we decided that we wanted to go to the beach again... so we did.  We went to Haystack Rock.  We were able to catch the low tides this time, so our kids got to see starfish, mussels, hermit crabs, birds galore (Judy, I found out which ones... I'll have to tell you next time we get together.)  and of course... seaweed and anemones.  Then we went to Icefire Glassworks... Amazing!  If it didn't cost $250 for a bowl I would have gotten several things there... but as it is, all I got was some pictures.  We also went to Greaver Gallery... water color and lithographs... very talented family!  From there we drove down the coast to Tillamook.  We went to see the cheese factory and ended up with Ice Cream for dessert.