Some how 5 years have flown by since Casey and I were married back in 2006. To celebrate this occasion we had a weekend getaway in Gold Beach, Oregon. We stayed at the "Inn of the Beachcomber" and it was fantastic! We had a fireplace, king size bed, a spa on our balcony, and an ocean front view.
And yes this is sunny weather at the Oregon Coast. It was amazing!
While we were at Gold Beach we went on a jet boat ride up the Rogue River, and it was so much fun! We saw sea lions, eagles, osprey, and otters on our trip; we were hoping to see more, but the other animals decided not to come out and see us.
At one point on our trip the guide took us into a small canyon and spun the boat around to create some waves. The first time that he did it was great, the second he underestimated the waves and they came right over our side of the boat! We were soaked from the waist down and it would have been worse if we did not have our coats on!
Half way through our trip we had lunch in a small town called Agnes where you could only get in or out of there by boat! Our lunch was provided by a family in their house that they had lived in for 4 generations! We had a homemade lunch of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuts and then a dessert of ice cream with marionberry topping.
While waiting for our jet boat to come back and pick us up, the family's dog came down to the boat ramp with us carrying a stick. To our surprise the dog went a little up stream and drop the stick in the river and jumped in after it! The dog was playing fetch with its self!
This ride was wonderful and we plan on doing it again whenever we make it back to Gold Beach!
We spent some time in Brookings and went to beautiful Harris Beach.
Sadly all good things have to come to an end and we had to go home, but we made sure to have some fun on the way. We stopped in Bandon and spent some time at the Safari park, there we saw many large animals (lions, tigers, and even bears oh my!) This was so much better than the zoo, the animals were very close to us and up and about. We heard a lion roar and got to pet a few not so dangerous animals. The best part of the experience is that we got to play with baby tigers! They were so cute and so much fun.
We had such a great time on this trip and it was so nice to have a weekend alone together. I am so glad that I married by best friend 5 years ago and I look forward to many more years together!
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