Cannon Beach

It was MLK Day, so we had no school, and it was forecast to be 53 degrees and clear skies at the coast. So the kids and I (and Arianna) hopped in the car and drove out for a day of sun and sand, happy to escape our neighborhood and screens for a day. (Okay, so Seb wasn't excited to leave his screens, but he was a good sport and ended up having a great day... and his screens were still here when he returned.)

We started our day at Hug Point, because we love the rock formations and it's quieter than the main Cannon Beach, but the tide and wave level was too high and had covered all of the soft sand. We tried to sneak around an outcropping to the larger beach on the other side, but the waves came in and soaked our feet as we tried, and scared us, so we decided to relocate to the wider expanses of town. There we found sandy beaches and fun dunes, and had a wonderful day.

Sebastian was throwing sand on Jasper, and then I captured this look - a trick of lighting, surely, but the intimation of a glare cracks me up. Seb threw a ball into the ocean for Jasper to fetch over and over, at least 100 times. Jasper loves to run into the waves.

Liesl spent a really long time digging this slide and shoveling out steps to go back up. We spent most of our time today on the dune -- racing up to the top, sliding down, jumping off cliffs, and tackling/wrestling/throwing each other over the edge (that last part mostly me and Seb, which was really fun).

 

 

Jasper rolling in the sand to dry himself off.

After playing for a few hours, we were hungry and wet and sandy, so we stopped at Tom's Fish and Chips for the usual, the candy store for saltwater taffy, and then headed home. The girls were sleepy. Such a good day.

Almost forgot! We saw a herd of elk along Highway 101 as we were turning into town. Crazy!