The Oregon Coast: Sunrises, Sunsets, Tacos, and Hiking

All right, it's Friday afternoon our anniversary was last week, but since I was in Barcelona We couldn't do anything so Adam planned a surprise getaway for us this weekend The only thing I know is that it's in Oregon because I accidentally saw that on his phone But then I closed my eyes, and I didn't want to see anything else So we're about to head out no idea where we're going, but it should be really fun All right, we're on the road, and we are we are already in traffic It's gonna take us four hours to get to dinner eight minutes just to get on the highway I don't know where we're going for dinner. I don't want to know it's a surprise I think it's in Portland, but it's gonna be good. I think it's in Portland, and it's supposed to be really good, so we'll see We made it surprise number one. Yeah, where are we going puck puck? I think that's how you say it Awesome restaurant in Portland. I've been wanting to try for a long time. He already told me earlier So that's why I'm not screaming, but I did scream a little bit when he told me So yeah, we're ordering takeout because we have a little Kona girl with us So we'll just eat in the car, but yeah super super excited Kona's jealous. She doesn't get any food All right, I got a pork curry dish that I do not remember the name of slash could not pronounce anyway and Adam got cow soy First time trying it looks delicious Got a chunk of noodles up in there water noodles right there. I'm gonna be tucking myself into Some crispy wonton noodles here Maybe oh, yeah, that's good our final stop is an hour and 40 minutes away I'm trying to figure out where we're going, but I'm directionally challenged, and I don't know There's downtown Portland Last night we arrived at Cape Beach. I'm not really sure what we're doing I told Adam to keep everything a surprise so we're going on a hike next no idea where we're going I want to just be surprised along the way All right, so our next stop on our surprise anniversary trip drumroll, please Is Kings Mountain, it's about five ish miles back in the Tillamook State Forest, I think or National Forest and we're gonna go hike that be and It'll be a good time We're looking at the trail guide here, and we're doing Kings Mountain, and if you notice here very difficult I'm not afraid bring it on haven't hiked in a couple weeks, but It'll be really fun all right. We're maybe a quarter mile in I'm already panting Cuz I had to run to catch up to Adam carrying this 10-pound Camera and stabilizer and haven't hiked in like three weeks, so a little bad a hiking shape It's really fun though good workout, but hard made it up to Kings Mountain and it said very difficult and It was no joke At the bottom I was saying difficult shmipacult, but it was tough, but it's beautiful number 51 done Next up on our anniversary getaway Adam knows the way to my heart We got beef tongue which we've never tried before so we will report on how we like that Hey, I'm about to try beef tongue. I'm not an adventurous eater at all, but I'm doing it for the sake of this video It's good, I think I'm not really sure What's the verdict on the tacos a plus very good $1.75 each which is even better I ended up not finishing my tongue taco because It just looks like a tongue and it kind of grossed me out didn't taste bad It was just the look of it was weird and the texture was a little mushy So Adam's eating mine. He's a trooper, and we don't want to waste food Next stop it combines two of Katherine's favorite things coffee and plants into one We're at hidden acres greenhouse. I'm gonna go inside and check it out Beautiful sunset ever We got so lucky because normally it's rainy in October today felt like a summer day. Oh my gosh absolutely perfect Mother Nature hooked us up We woke up Sunday morning super foggy at our campsite. It's right next to the beach. We were gonna do a hike That's five miles that takes you out onto Cape lookout But again super foggy, so we decided to switch up the plan a little bit, and we came over here to Cape Mears lighthouse It's the shortest lighthouse in Oregon, but it has the oldest Sitka spruce tree It's known as the octopus tree, so we're gonna check all that out here and just the view behind me It's still foggy, but with the Sun coming up and things like that. It's just beautiful waves rolling in we are at Cape lookout trail, which is at the same state park that we camped at and Exciting news this will be our 50 second hike of our 52 hike challenge so excited the weather looks like it's gotten better So we're hoping for some nice ocean views Not really sure what this hikes all about because everything's been a surprise, but we're super excited We're finishing the 52 hike challenge about two and a half months early, so now we're coming for you 62 but 52 52 what you gonna do? It's a beautiful day here in Oregon we could have asked for a better way to finish the 52 hike challenge And that's a wrap on our Oregon weekend we had the best time ever We just stopped in Portland to get some coffee in Stumptown and get some lunch at a place called Guero That's a super delicious Mexican place. We've been to before and now we're headed back to Seattle We hope you guys enjoyed following along. We seriously cannot stop smiling. It was such a perfect weekend. It was awesome