End of Summer Beach Trip

For our family, a beach trip just wouldn't be the same without first stopping to get breakfast at Camp 18. The old logging camp is now a restaurant, famous for gigantic pancakes and even more gigantic timber beams to hold the place together.

Our destination was Cannon Beach, home of Haystack Rock.

It was a sunny day and warm enough to be comfortable. A kite-flying breezy day, it was also sand and hair-flying weather.

No one minded the wind too much, but we were all glad that we wore our sweatshirts and I was thankful for my scarf. A day at the Oregon coast would seem strange if it was warm with still air.

My parents met us at the beach, bringing a few cousins along for some play time.

Before heading back over the Coast Range, we took a side trip up the coast to Fort Clatsop. Its a  replica of the place where Lewis and Clark and the Corp of Discovery spent that long and dreary winter of 1805-1806. All Summer they have costumed re-enactors on site that are full of interesting tidbits.

And that was that. One day. There and back. We wish it could have been longer, but Summer is winding to a close much too quickly, it seems, and time for long and relaxing family trips are at an end... for now.

Cheese Country

We took the day off on Friday to squeeze in one last adventure before school starts. We went to cheese country.

Otherwise known as Ice Cream country.

But there were no ice cream photos to be had, because we were in constant imminent threat of losing our melty treats due to bumping past people and warm Summer air. Sometimes there are just more important things than being camera happy. Like a double-scoop cone of Peppermint and Banana Split.

Cheese and Ice Cream country is also known as the Oregon Coast.

And it went something like this...

I ♥ the Oregon Coast