I had a really good day yesterday. Much better than my birthday last year. If you recall, that was a total disaster. No repeat this year. Just the opposite.
We got up and headed down for breakfast around 7:30. Breakfast was okay, no issues there. After eating we headed out and headed off to Seaside Aquarium. SO much fun. We got to feed seals, touch all sorts of animals, see an awesome shark, and saw lots of cool fish. It was really surprising since it's a small little place but has a lot to offer. From there we headed to the Seaside outlets. Didn't get anything but enjoyed walking around. I should mention that the weather gods were on my side all day. It never got above 70 and rained for the most part. Love it. We left the outlets around 11:30 and went to Pig N Pancake for lunch. That place was great. They even gave me birthday fruit and an ornament signed saying happy birthday. Cool.
After lunch we did the whirlwind three museum tour of Astoria. We started at the Oregon Film Museum where we saw all things Goonies. We got a t-shirt and a mini David statue. From there we explored the Flavel house, one of the wealthier citizens who custom built a giant house in town. Lastly was the Heritage Museum showing the town's history from early Indian days to the present. Really cool stuff overall. We finished up around 2 and headed back to the hotel.
Took a nap and then walked over to Rogue to get a hoodie since it was raining harder and all I brought were t-shirts. Yeah, I am dumb. At 6 we headed downtown for our dinner reservation. Nice Italian place, nothing fancy or out of the world, but a solid 7. I had a seafood antipasto plate followed by rack of lamb and B had crostini with cheese and a nice bowl of linguine bolognese. After dinner we drive around a bit and ended up having dessert at DQ.
Got back to the hotel around 8:30 or so and we decided to finish off the day by watching, yep, you guessed it, The Goonies. Why the hell not. Finished around 11 and went to sleep.
Not a bad birthday. Got lots of well wishing from friends which was nice. Feel like people remembered me which is always good. The world went a little crazy shooting itself but hey, not my issue for one day. Only answered one work email otherwise I ignored everyone.
Today we are heading home, stopping at the cheese factory on the way. This weekend we are going to the zoo to finish off birthday weekend, then it's off to PA.
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