“My favorite part was the ice-cream place,” five year old Anya beamed. “And the lady who gave me a new bubblegum ice-cream after the cone fell down.” My husband, Lorenz, and I grinned at each other remembering our family’s stop at the Tillamook ice-cream factory on our two week family bicycle tour down the Oregon coast.

“I liked the airplane museum best.  And the view from the top of Yaquina Head after that steep climb,” Lorenz added matter-of-factly. Our family was waiting for our fish fry dinner in a little shack perched over the ocean in Florence, Oregon. It was the last night of our 250 mile cycling tour down the coast; and the four of us were sharing our favorite memories of the trip.

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