Oregon Coast

For Pete's birthday, he wanted to go to the coast as a family. Shaylee was sick the weekend of his birthday, so we decided to go on Monday instead. It would be one last getaway as a family before school started again. We went to a new beach this time it was called Oswald West state park. It has a pretty long walk to it, but it was really beautiful. It is where all the surfers go and we had a great time watching all of them. We had a picnic lunch and then just hung out on the beautiful beach. On our way out we decided to go on a "short" hike. Ha ha! Yeah right! The hike was much longer than we thought. It was supposed to end at a waterfall, but we never made it that far. The kids didn't have the right shows to hike and so after a mile we decided we'd better turn back so that noone hurt their ankles or anything. It was a beautiful area, though and we were glad we went on the hike even if we didn't make it to the falls.

You can see all the surfers out in the ocean.
They are all those little dots.

On our way home we of course knew that we had to stop at Tillamook. We can't be close by there and not stop at the cheese factory to get their yummy icecream. We also had to stop at the beef jerky outlet and get the yummy pepperoni sticks.

We had such a fun time. I love the Oregon coast. Even if it is windy and cold, it is so beautiful. And I love to smell the air near the ocean. It just smells so fresh and clean. What a great day!