Our annual trip with our "summer friends" was to Oregon this year. We're glad we had that planned since so much of Washington was forcibly shut down. It was chilly, so of course we had to dress warmer than I like to in the summer. Fortunately we only had to get a new wetsuit for Dillon so the kids could enjoy the ocean.
We went to look for critters at devil's punchbowl again. I appreciate so much that my kids have such a sense of adventure and curiosity. They didn't hesitate to clamber all over the rocks and look in every nook and cranny. Then of course they would pick up any crabs and touch the anemones. We had to work a little to get Ryan and Ethan interested.
Ozzi loved exploring the rocks and followed us anywhere we went.
The beach is too far to walk with any swim stuff so the kids usually rode in the back of their truck. They loved it.
Daddy and Rene have their bromance joke. They always have to do something like they're gay dad's raising kids alone. I didn't catch their shenanigans this year though.
We went into town and took a whale watching tour. It was not what I expected. Did we see a whale? Yes. One whale, the same whale, all we did was follow it down the coast for 45 minutes. We saw it frequently, it never did anything exciting and we ended up seasick. I actually talked to a crew member that used to captain the ship (he's retired now and was just helping out that day). I learned more from him than the tour guide that just kept saying "there she blows". Apparently they can tell the whales apart based on scarring. They have whales there that don't migrate, they live there year round. I believe it was around 7 of them. He described the rock shelves that push the food up along the bluffs so that's where the whales like to hang out.
Can't go to the Oregon coast without going on quad rides! We had such a good time when we went with Grandma and Papa H that we HAD to go again. It was neat to see the kids' confidence levels change since they've been riding at home.
We actually went out to the beach this time. It was Kayda's favorite place to ride. We thoroughly enjoyed racing and doing donuts in the sand. It's definitely an easier ride since you can get stuck in the soft dunes fairly easily.
Dad crashed.
Went up to Thor's well again. It didn't disappoint. Unfortunately, since you're there at high tide, there aren't any tide pools. However, we saw whales. They were hanging out just off the coast. Didn't need to go on that whale tour after all.
We had a couple fires on the beach as we really enjoy them.
We were hoping to see the tide come in and put out our fire. It took too long so we had to deal with it before we left the beach.
It's impossible for my boys to be near a hill or rocks and NOT climb around.
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