Wednesday, July 17, 2013

CANNON BEACH DAY July 15th


Monday was our day to go an hour and a half west of Portland to Cannon Beach for the day. Rod and I took the kids in our car and followed the others with Tully in Michelle’s car. We drove through towering pine trees and stopped about 20 minutes out of CB at Camp 18, an old logging camp, now a restaurant made of gigantic logs! The cross beam on the ceiling was huge!! We had a lovely breakfast/lunch and headed off.

Rod dropped us and our stuff of at the beach, and we walked down near a tidal pool to set up camp for the day. The water was brisk but not as cold as the further out ocean with waves coming in. The kids were soon soaked! They worked at building a sand castle with the broken bucket I had found on the beach in Coeur d’Alene!  Sarah went off with Betty and Michelle to jump the waves. Jackson soon found a “friend” – a 7 year old boy – to build the castle and play with. Two guys came out on the beach riding a couple of beautiful horses bareback and came over so the kids could pet them! Kerry and Michelle (and Tully) went walking about 3 miles down to Haystack and back. Kerry posted a gorgeous panoramic shot she took on Facebook!

We soaked up the sun for several hours and relaxed, then walked around town to the little shops and bought ice cream. We headed back to Portland after a lovely beach day with only Monday crowds! We were so tired from the day we went back to Michelle’s and had snacks and drinks and went to bed! No dinner was needed! 

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