We went on our first family vacation to Seaside, Oregon and loved it! We rented a beach house with another family who has been our best friends for almost 7 years now. It took us 2 days to get to Seaside, we spent 6 days at the beach house and another 2 days to get home. When you travel with small children everything takes a long time to get to! There was the ever present "Are we there yet?" Now I know how my parents felt! I'm grateful for the memories I have of going to the beach in my childhood, now it's time to create those same memories for our children.
On the Road
Our rig inside and out
So this is Stonehenge that overlooks the Columbia River. It is a peace memorial erected to memorialize the 13 soldiers who died in WWI from this area. Sam Hill is also buried here. I'm still trying to figure out who in the "Sam Hill" he is!
Beach Combers
On 2 of the mornings we woke up early to pick up sand dollars and seashells at low tide. This was my favorite thing to do!
Chris and Sidney wave jumping
Cannon beach is where Goonies was filmed, it is also where the tide pools are exposed at lowtide to reveal protected sea life. Lowtide was at 7:30 am, yes, we were actually up before 9am on vacation! It was all worth it. The beauty is beyond what our pictures could capture. My favorite was the morning sea mist.
Surfer Dudes and Dudette!
So Chris decided to take Jacob boogie boarding in the Ocean! The water was 50 degrees so it was recommended to get full body gear. That day was especially cold so the kids and I came later to the beach and by that time Jacob was spent so I didn't get any pictures of him in the water. But from what Chris says, he was a surfin machine! I'm so proud of my brave surfer boys!
7 comments:
What great pictures! I absolutely love the one of Sidney and Christ "wave jumping". It's beautiful. Oh, I'm so jealous, oregon looks beautiful. I've heard lots of great things about the state but never experienced it. That's it, I'm planning an Oregon vacation. Thanks for the update!
Wow, looks like so much fun!! Goonies Rocks...so cool that you got to go to that beach!! I think it's great that you guys braved that long drive...It reminds me of our long drives for vacation when we were kids...I don't know how our parents did it!!
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I love the picture of Sidney & Chris too! You're really making me miss the beach even more than I already do! What a fun vacation!
Love the pictures!! I miss our vacation already and want to go back. We had such a wonderful time with you guys-- we love you to pieces and look forward to years and years of best friends vacations together. Very cute blog spot! ambie
Very cool pictures! That is cool, the Goonies Rocks! Yeah as a kid I always dreaded the long vacation drives. The drive was usually to CA, but always had a blast visiting cousins and all!
I can't get over how cute your family is! You guys are so stinkin cute! And what a fun vacation! Oregon is so beatiful! And you guys are troopers to get out there and get in the water to play! I am glad you guys had so much fun on your trip! Love all the pictures.
We went to Oregon last year and loved it! We also stayed in a beach house in Manzanita.. Which was pretty close to Canon Beach. We visited Seaside as well... It's a cute little place! I'm glad you guys had so much fun.... I enjoyed looking at all the picts!
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