A lady at the campground was walking by with this beautiful parrot. The kids were really excited about it!
This last week we went camping on the Oregon coast up near the Washington border at Cape Lookout, an Oregon state beach. We met up with Adam, Dorothy, and Oliver for 2 nights. All of us had a great time! We left after Jake got home from work on Tuesday and arrived Wednesday morning around 8. Since we weren't checking into our campsite and meeting up with Adam's family til 4 that afternoon we decided to tour the neighboring town of Tillamook. First we went to the Tillamook cheese factory. The kids really liked going. We saw how cheese was made and got to sample some too. Then we headed over to the Cape Meares lighthouse. This was a really cold and windy morning and I was getting worried that it would be like this the whole time. It was a nice break from the Sacramento heat, but I was glad when things got a little warmer. It turned out to be gorgeous the next day, couldn't have asked for better. After the light house we went to Munson Creek falls. It was a short quarter mile hike, in a beautiful wooded area. The falls were very impressive. Then over to a little fish hatchery on the coast line. Then back to the cheese factory. Since we were first there at 8 am, we decided to come back after lunch time to try their ice cream. Wow! So good! I stopped to take a picture of the kids, but no one even looked at the camera, too focused on the ice cream. Then to a park that has a really fun merry go round. I think the kids had never been on one before. The next day was great. We made omelets in ziplock bags over the campfire. Such a neat idea that Adam and Dorothy showed us. We were at the beach almost all morning. Carly and Nick liked jumping over the waves. The water was icy cold but the kids didn't mind too much. We caught sand fleas and the kids made a lot of stuff with the sand. Oliver was so funny pushing around his dump truck almost the entire 2 days. Isaac and Oliver were really cute little buddies. After lunch and a quick clean up we went back to the cheese factory for more ice cream, then back to the camp for dinner. The oldest 3 boys left to do some fishing, and the rest of us tried to stay out of trouble. After breakfast the next day we said our goodbyes and then headed to Beaverton to see my roommate during all my college years, Gina, and her 4 kids and parents. I really wish we lived closer. It had been far too long. I can't believe I didn't get a picture. I hope we'll see them again soon. We left them during the early afternoon and headed back home. great great trip!
