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A Look Into My Oregon Mini Road Trip

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A Look Into My Oregon Mini Road Trip
Kira McClary

First things first, I am from California (land of nothing green and no rain) and go to school in Oregon.

Second, road trips are the best.

This year my brother and I road tripped to Florence, Oregon from Salem for Thanksgiving. Yes, it is only a two hour drive, but possibly one of the prettiest two hour drives. As we started on our road trip we got the tunes started and settled into our seats, preparing ourselves to sit.

On road trips, sometimes you get behind a car and it stays that way for an hour and you somehow get attached to that car and become road trip buddies? Then the car turns and leaves you to take the rest of the drive alone,� and you get kind of sad because you miss the little red car in front of you? That happened to us. The silliest things make road trips fun.

We made our way through the windy roads, surrounded by some of the prettiest, greenest trees I have ever seen.

The mountains are incredible. They separate the bigger cities from the small beach towns. Because it is the beginning of winter and Oregon is in a funk, we saw tons of green trees surrounded by foggy grey skies. At one point, we were passing through a strip of land that went through a forest. I was able to take stunning picture of the trees with the misty grey fog rolling over the tree tops. Gosh, nature is so stunning!

As we continued on our little journey, we ended up in Dunes Bay which is right outside of Florence, Oregon. We stopped at Jesse M. Honeyman Memorial State Park. This park is amazing! On one side it is surrounded by houses and an RV park, and then the other side is sand dunes where people can ATV and sand board. The way the trees reflected off the water was breath taking. We met up with my parents and walked our puppies around for a bit before we continued on our way.

A few miles down the road from the state park was our house. We drove down an itty bitty road, hardly noticeable from the road. The path leads down to a gorgeous house that is backed by Woahink Lake. The windows of the house are huge and look out onto the water. There is a little boat house that is falling apart with a half broken picnic table. I like the boat the most though because it provides a nice little place for me to study while I am able to be close to the water. The dock is pretty long. It is a little wobbly but gives you a great view of the water.

I am so blessed to be able to spend time with my family and puppies. Here is to another year of being able to be thankful for many new things.

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