Morning in Seaside, Sleeping in Our Own Beds

Blogger thought the last blog was long enough and would not let me post the last few photos I have from the pool in Seaside. I will post those and then move on to our drive home. A much shorter blog this time!

Dunking Daddy. More or less. Mark dunked himself while Lon laughed. Lon would not dunk his head

Lon is so happy he could go into the hot tub. He is not allowed into the hot tub at the Y. 

As we went to dinner we passed the indoor carosel. We went to dinner first, then we came back and rode the carosel.  Our dinner was at Pig n' Pancake! Lon had sand dollar pancakes, for dinner!

The next morning we walked around Seaside, for just a few minutes. It was windy and cold! We got Lon's picture at the End of the Trail marker. Lewis and Clark.  He was getting too cold to get many more photos.

Lon and Daddy waiting for breakfast at Pig n' Pancake. Lon is the third generation to LOVE the place!  They are working on the Scooby-Doo seek and find book.

Grandpa Bill and Babcha met us for breakfast. It was so good to spend some time with them.

After breakfast we hit the road, heading home. We passed a place that said, Altoona Pillar 5 miles. We went to go see what it was. We could not find a pillar, but we found signage. 

Lon at where the Altoona Pillar was supposed to be. We told him to keep his head up, he went a little bit too far

I just liked this funky little building

A fountain by the roadside in Kelso. This is the last picture from our lovely weekend. A good time was had by all, even if the weather was cold the last two days!  Love the Oregon Coast!

Day Two on the Oregon Coast

Sunday morning we woke up, checked out and hit the road, our destination was just up to Seaside for the night. Our first stop was Cape Foulweather. It did not live up to it's name, even if the day was not nearly as nice as the day before!

The view from the lookout

Lon wanted to wear Eddie when Daddy told him it was 500 feet up. Lon told us Eddie was for safety and he wanted to be safe!

Lon is telling Daddy about kelp. I had just finished reading the marker to him, and he had to tell Daddy about what he learned!

500 feet up, I think I have a photo of myself and my sister at this same spot

Looking out at the sea.

The Devil's Punchbowl. It was VERY windy!

We could not get the machine to work, it took our quarter but we could not get it to open up to look out! 

Driving Big Red!

Somewhere at the side of the road, in a turn out, they had this anchor. I am not sure exactly where it is, but south of Tillamook, and north of Cape Foulweather.... Perhaps I should have written this down at the time

Another roadside stop along the Oregon Coast. We stopped and took lots of photos. I think somewhere in my garage is a box of photos of the coast from my childhood. It is just so pretty!

An Oregon State park just south of Pacific City.Bob Straub Park

Boy, beach, stick, a trifecta!

I love the reflection. It was windy and cold!

Lon had a great time with that stick. He wanted to take it home. We convinced him that he should leave it on the parking lot side of the dunes for someone else to use. He finally agreed to that

The colors of the sky and sea are just about the same

When we walked back to the car, we saw this deer, standing there watching us. There were plenty of cars and people but she did not seem to be afraid.

The haystack at Cape Kiwanda. We played alot there. We stayed by the remenants of a beach fire. It was still giving off warmth! We watched someone try to drive their sedan onto the beach, and of course, they got stuck.  They did not know how to get unstuck.  A kind stranger with a truck towed them out.

Tillamook! Lon watched them slice huge blocks of cheese into the two pound baby loaf size and wrap them. They were doing pepperjack that day.

Lon finally had a good ice cream cone. We got some ice cream in downtown Lincoln City. It tasted like it had been there since the end of last summer. The ice cream at Tillamook was wonderful. Lon had chocolate, of course. Mark had a white licorice and I had Oregon strawberry. Each choice was yummy. I am assuming Lon's was good, he would not share.

The two main reasons we picked the Shilo Inn is it was on the beach, and it had a pool.  The room was so noisy! Sunday night they had a live band on the floor above us. I wish they would have told us that at check in. I finally called the front desk at 11pm and asked them what time this was going to end.  I was not pleased and the response we got at checkout from the front desk was horrible.  I doubt we will stay there again. 

Lincoln City ~ Day One!

We needed a get away, so off we went to the Oregon Coast.  Lincoln City sounded like a great place to play, we had stopped there before for lunch. We stayed at a great place called the Captian Cook Inn. It is an updated 1940s roadside motel.  The floors were still the original wood, arched doorways and the tile work in the bathroom was charming. The downside was the stay puff marshmallow bed, and the noise from the next room.  Both nights we had different arguing couples.  Do people argue more in hotels? Loudly argue?

These are the stairs down to the beach! I stopped and admired the view about halfway up! Lon was even getting a little winded!

Daddy in the surf!

Lon loves the sand. He was so excited about the beach he got up super early! Looking down the beachSome beauty shots of the beach! We needed to get more clothes for Lon!  I thought I brought enough, but it turns out I underestimed Lon's ability to get dirtyThis is so mch FUN!! Water, sand, sun -such as it is! Lon is in his perfect place!On the banks of the D river. The shortest river in the world, or so the signs say!Look at those waves!  We did tell Lon he could not go into the water. It was simply not safe for him, and as we all later found out, sneaker waves are called sneakers for a reason!   We were all in the water, Mark was holding onto Lon and I was up to almost my knees in water. The next thing I knew, I was up to the tops of my thighs and it was one strong pull/push!  I was so happy Mark was holding Lon! He just pulled him out of the water and held on.  We did not go back into the water after thatThe water is going to get me! I better run! I think it got me! I did bring other shoes for LonRun, run, runA chnage of pants and shoes, then lunch at a local place called Richens. It was good. Mark had clams, Lon had a pancake, and I had halibut and chips!  Reminded me of Charlies~ the halibut not the ambiance.  The waitress was very nice to Lon, the food was good. Then it was out to the outlet mall to get more pants for Lon and workout shoes for Mommy and Daddy, then back to the beach! A mural across from Richens. Lon thought it looked great, and it doesBack to the beach in the afternoon. Daddy getting his feet wet!  It turned out to be the perfect beach day, about 65 degrees, a light breeze and not crowded. Perfect.Lon even took his shoes off. So did Mommy. That evening, after rinsing all the sand off us, and packing up the sandy clothes in bags, we went to a pizza place called Galluccis.  Wonderful pizza.  They have no wait staff. You order at the cash register. They call your number you pick up your pizza and paper plates, any cheese/red pepper you want and off you go. You pick up your drinks right after you order.  Lon LOVED their pizza.  He did not want to share his little cheese pizza. He had 6 slices, he ate three at dinner, then snacked on the rest.  Lon wants to go back to the good pizza place. The wait was not very long, but to a hungry 4 year old it was a long time, but he waited well. He knew the good pizza was coming!Pizza!! A sunset drive down the coast. We drove the 10 miles down to depot bay and back. It was s nice relaxing drive, and so pretty watching the sun set.  It was a wonderful saturday on the beach.