Nate & Julie's first plane ride up to Portland was a combination family visit, trial flight, week vacation, and reacquaint with Seattle area. After a quick flight from San Jose, we rented a car in Portland airport and drove to Prairie Brush to visit Katherine & family. Nate still talks about the "Old MacDonald tractor" and seemed unconcerned about the large jumping spider in the sand. We drove to Christian and Kelly's house to meet their new twins and found we really liked the Mirrormont area underneath Tiger Mountain. We then drove the two already over-stimulated babies to Grandpa & Grandma's house in Snohomish just in time to see a REAL tractor in action mowing the front yard. The food and company was wonderful (thanks for everything mom & dad!) We then headed back down to Portland; Nate & Julie slept the entire trip the Oregon border. Even a hotel that couldn't get us a crib or an airline that mangled our seat reservations couldn't stop us from enjoying a much-needed trip to the northwest.
