Some of you may have heard about a little movie called... GOONIES. Yeah, it was a little known production out of Astoria, OR back in the 80's. A couple small stars that were in it, Mikey (Sean Astin), Brandon (Josh Brolin), and also, Sloth. When my cousin Steven was in town last weekend we drove out to the coast. We started at Canon Beach, it was REALLY windy there though so it didn't last long. We did stop at a toy store where Cooper got to play with this; a track not unlike the one he has at home, but that's beside the point. On our way to Astoria, Cooper looked like this. He was not happy that we took him away from the toy store! We got to Astoria in time for lunch, which was at a Brewery. On our way out of town, we were discussing the fact that Goonies was filmed in Astoria. At first I thought this maybe wasn't a big deal, but then I decided how it would be AWESOME to see the house that Goonies built. We pondered the best way to find the house when I gave the boys this nugget of information, 'Google it.' Sure enough, Google had the answer; it had the exact address actually. So away we went! About 5 minutes later we pulled up to this. Right when I got out of the car to run up the hill and take pictures the mailman was delivering mail. He said 'hello' as all strangers seem to do in this area and I said, 'How exciting, the Goonies house, huh!!!!?!?!' Ryan told me later that as he walked away from me, he was shaking his head in that 'what a crazy lady' way. On our way out of town, we also stopped by the jail (in the beginning of the movie, one of the bad guys gets broken out of the slammer), and the museum where Mikey's Dad worked.
It was certainly the highlight of my weekend (besides just my cousin being there with us!!). I made sure we completed the day by renting the movie and reminiscing. I proceeded to tell everyone I saw on Monday about it and how exciting it was. The town of Astoria is pretty cool too with a huge bridge and fun roads.
It turns out one of my favorite phrases comes from Sloth in that movie, 'HEY YOU GUYS!!!!!!' It was epic.
Cooper got into the 'holiday' spirit by making Valentine's Day cards, heart cookies, and chocolate covered strawberries or 'strawber-erries' as Cooper now calls them. We finished up our weekend in a neighborhood nearby with a lunch at a place called 'The Grilled Cheese Grill'. Delicious food, although, what grilled cheese sandwich isn't??
Pictures!
~Ahna
