For the second year in a row we packed our bags and headed out to the beach the weekend after school was out. It happened to be Father's Day weekend as well. It's kind of a tradition now to spend Father's Day in Long Beach. We rented a house for the weekend and had lots of fun. The picture above is from atop the Astoria Column. It's a wonderful view of Astoria and the mouth of the Columbia River. There are a lot of pictures below so if you can't handle vacation pics turn back now.
The first day we were there the weather was not too bad. It wasn't raining and got up to 65. I even took a nap on the beach. Davis was trying to hit me with wet sand balls. He did not succeed.
Luke shed his shorts and borrowed his sisters sweatshirt. Poor baby.
Sidnee is a trained Frisbee ninja assassin. Good thing that kite string was in the way or I would have been done for.
After the beach we strolled the Long Beach strip. One of the kids found a quarter on the ground next to this rusty horse and they all proceeded to fight over who was going to ride it. So we threw them all on. Poor horse.
At the end of town is McDonald's. Our favorite. This McDonald's actually had an air hockey table in the play land so Luke took advantage of it. He is actually a pretty good goalie.
A little marshmallow roasting never hurt anyone.
We had to let Luke roast by himself because he was too dangerous around other people with a long sharp metal poker.
What are you to do when you forget the graham crackers at home? Put the mallow between two Oreo cookie halves. It was delicious.
On our way out of town we hit the light house circuit. There are two lighthouses by the Coast Guard station in Ilwaco. We stopped and took the little hikes to see them and play around.
On the trail to Deadman's Cove there was this cool tree.
This is Deadman's Cove. It is this cool little inlet that has rocks to climb on, sand to play in, and calm water that you don't have to worry about your kids getting sucked out to sea by.
Dave on the rocks, looking out over the cove.
This is a lonely tree atop the little island in the cove.
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2 comments:
What a fun weekend! I still think that the west coast beaches are prettier than the East coast ones! They might not be as warm but they are beautiful! Glad you guys had fun!
Looks like a great trip! We'll have to try the oreo smore idea... sounds tasty!
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