Oregon Coast

On the last week of August we decided to go and take a camping trip to the Oregon Coast. It has been a while since we have been there camping and I have been wanting to go for a while now so Larry was able to get some time off of work and on August 23rd we hooked up the trailer and off we left to Pacific City Oregon. It is only about a half hour south of Tillamook and we stayed at a Thousand Trails so we didn't have to pay for the campsite since we were members so who could resist that. I remember all the times that we went to the coast as a kid and I loved it and I just want my kids to experience the same things that I did. Those were great times as a kid and I want my kids to remember the great times that we had there as well.

After about five hours of driving we made it and got settled and had dinner and just hung out because we got there at about four. The kids rode their bikes for a little while and then we drove around the camp ground and looked at where everything was. They had a swimming pool and a little miniature golf course and some play grounds and they had a ton of bunnies. The bunnies were really quite friendly and didn't run away when you got close to them. There were signs though that they had a bear that sometimes roamed the camp ground and that we shouldn't approach it. I wouldn't approach it anyway. We never did see the bear but that is just fine with me.

We had a great time and unfortunately as I was just about finished uploading my picture blogger wouldn't let me down load anymore, I don't know why but I couldn't so I don't have any pictures of our very first day on the beach.

On our first full day of in Oregon I really wanted to go to the Tillamook Cheese Factory so we went ahead and did that. We went and looked at what they did with the cheese basically. I really think the main reason you go to the tillamook cheese factory is to get their squeaky cheese and the ice cream, so of course we got some squeaky cheese and ice cream.

We had to get some pictures of the kids in these as we were heading into the cheese factory.

On our way back to the campsite after the tillamook cheese factory we saw an Air Museum and so we stopped and looked at all the planes that they used in the war. In this hanger they were able to fit 8 blimps in it, this hanger was HUGE. It was so amazing. It was all made out of wood here in the northwest, there wasn't enough metal during the war so they used the local wood. Like I said this was amazing. The kids enjoyed it and so did Larry, he really loves these kinds of things and I am glad that my kids like this as well.

One night Larry and I took a walk to the beach by ourselves and wanted to watch the sunset. We got some really great pictures of the sky and how it changed. It was great.

This is what it looked like on our way to the beach.

Larry and I

And this is when the sky started to change.

I love the pink in the sky.

More pink, I love these pictures

The next day we decided to just play at the beach the whole day because it was supposed to be nice. So that is exactly what we did, we just played at the beach and played in the wave. I brought some boogie boards so the kids might play in the water with them but the water was way to cold, even for me to do that. So we played in the sand and just hung out on the beach.

They buried each others legs.

And then dad got involved and said that he would help them dig a hole so that they could bury someone in it, of course not all the way they had to be able to breath but just deep enough so that their legs were covered basically. So then Zach volunteered to be the first and he was the only one that was actually buried. As you can tell by this picture he loved it.

Madison eventually got in but didn't want to be buried.

Me and my hubby

I love this picture of me and the kids because they are laughing at something and I don't know what.

My boys

On our last day it was cloudy and we thought that we the clouds were going to burn off, at least that is what the news said it was supposed to do so I told everyone that I wanted to go and climb the sand dune that was near the beach. So we headed to the beach thinking that the clouds would go away and then after our climb that we would play on the beach again. Well when got to the beach it looked like it would start to clear because in the picture you can see a little bit of blue in the sky.

Off to the sand dune we go.

On our way up we had to stop and take a break after the first part of it. I didn't get a before this is the first one that I took on the sand dune.

We made it to the top. Carson did it all by himself and it was steep.

This is from the top of the sand dune.

The clouds still haven't cleared, and I don't think that they will.

On our way down.

This is the view going up.

After the sand dune we explored the rocks a little bit on the beach.

It never did get nice that day but we had fun anyway and we definately want to go back again next year.