A rainy day on the beach!

Today was a really awful, rainy day. The rain itself was not so bad, the wind was the worst!

You can see the wind pushing the waves sideways!   No one was out on the beach.

We spent the morning shopping! I got some great buys for summer clothes today. I am ever hopeful the weather will be better someday. Mark decided to rest in the hot tub and Lon and I went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium. We thought we would go to the Hatfield Marine Science Center, but they were closed on tuesday and wednesday. Rats!  The aquarium was fun. One of the exhibits is art from beach trash. This giant fish is one of the trash art pieces. 

Another exhibit is Life in the Swamp. These gators would blink every so often, but otherwise they did not move a limb at all.  It was fascinating to me.  Lon wanted to be sure that the glass was thick enough to prevent them from coming any closer.

Under pacific waters. All the stuff that is just out of view from our hotel room.  Lon liked the kelp

The colors of this were so striking. The blue background, and the orangey colored jellyfish was so cool!

Tidal touch pool. Lon was not sure what he could touch, I explained to him that he could touch all of it. He was still not sure he wanted to touch some of it.

In front of the seals! The seals, otters and some birds are all outside. Outside in the cold rain. Perhaps I did not think that through too well.  We got soaked!  It was fun, but we were as wet as we would have been walking the beach!

A whale skeleton made from white plastics collected from the beach.

A hanging trash garden. I am still not sure what I think about this, it is beautiful what they did with it, but it is also sad that people leave that much trash out on the beach.

Otters! We watched the one otter play and the other one sort of just be in a curled up ball playing with his own tail

A view of the trashfish from the side

Lon wanted his picture taken in front of the stream. He had a good time at the aquarium, even though it was a short visit. We can stay longer the next time we come.  Daddy is not a fan of Aquariums, but we like them. Daddy had fun in the hot tub without us. He got to rest a bit too! Happy Family!

Lon and Daddy coloring together at Mo's. Mo's is a small chain up and down the coast.  It is an okay beach shack kind of place.  It is family friendly and that is key.

Lon having fun. He was such a good boy today. The camera did not pick up the rain pelting the window. 
Now it is time to pack up our beach life and get back to our routine at home. 
We are going to miss beach life.