Continuing on through our spring break travels we got up Tuesday morning in Tillamook and set out for the Air Museum.
The museum is in a huge hanger built during WWII to house blimps. We watched a movie that told about the construction of the hanger (said to be the biggest wood structure in the world). There were 2 hangers built - the 2nd one in only 29 days! One of them burned to the ground in 1992 and the one that still stands houses several old war planes.
The kids had a blast touring the place and crawling into the cockpits that they were allowed to get into.
This plane (pictured with the kids standing in front) was one of the strangest we saw.
It is called a "Mini-Guppy" and it was made so the plane opens in half so helicopters or other large items can be loaded inside and transported. This is the inside of it.
If you are ever in the area it is a fun place to check out!
After church a week before last Sunday we went to our friend's Darrell and Karon's for lunch. The kids love going there because they have lots of animals - most importantly HORSES! Karon and Darrell have 2 horses and a pony. Karon saddled up Sylvia and both Emily and Alaina got to ride a little. 
They received a lesson in bathing and grooming the horses too. Karon gave the kids several huge carrots to feed Sylvia, Bucky, and Sissy. We hope to gain lots more horse sense from Karon in the future. Emily didn't want to come home - she was in horse heaven.
This is the last post of our spring break adventures. On Wednesday we took the kids to the aquarium in Newport. Emily had to have a picture of this crab because it was HUGE. It is called a Japanese spider crab. 
Wouldn't want to run into one of those guys in the water! 
There were also several touch pools that the kids checked out. In the picture below they are touching a small ray.
Tuesday afternoon we made our way down the coast to Newport and checked into our hotel. After some swimming in the hotel pool we drove out to the Yaquina Head Lighthouse. 
It was a beautiful place. We didn't get there early enough to go through the interpretive center and lighthouse so we visited again on Wednesday. Lila and Rylan were too short to be allowed to climb the stairs all the way to the top so Ryan sat with them while Emily, Alaina, and I went to the top. We were out of breath by the time we got there, but received a good history lesson from the volunteer dressed in an old lighthouse keepers uniform as we rested. 
