Bumper Car

Snowboarder had the afternoon off so we decided to head to the coast. We headed west and stopped at Seaside for lunch. We walked around the beach for a little bit and little nael and snowboarder rode a bumper car for the very first time. I thought she'd be scared but when I asked her how she was after it was over, she said she had fun.

Oregon Zoo

Snowboarder has been busy traveling to Portland for work so we decided that the kids and I will join him this time. The hotel, the Nines, finally opened a week ago and the Grand Opening party was held a few days ago. Friday morning, snowboarder stayed at the hotel while baby j napped. So little nael and I took the MAX (light rail) and headed to the zoo! Little nael was excited to take the light rail/train to the zoo which was so convenient. You can board the MAX a block across from the hotel and there is a stop right at the zoo. The MAX stops in a tunnel then you have to take a high speed elevator up. When the elevator doors opens, the Zoo entrance is just steps away! We didn't have to walk too far to get there.
At the zoo, we saw the usual..Brown Bears, Polar Bears, Giraffes, Elephants and Monkeys but we also saw BATS! Yup, we did! We don't have bats in our local zoo so this was pretty cool. The bats were hanging upside down from this green netting and there was food (broccoli) tossed around casually on the net. The bats would bite off a piece, fly away with a piece of broccoli then hang upside down eating. It was kinda cool and eerie at the same time to see these creatures.
Little nael was such a good sport at the zoo. I didn't bring a stroller so she had to walk the whole time we were there up until we got back to the hotel. I think I did carry her once but when I told her it was time to walk she didn't complain!