Here we are, it's our first morning. Steve and I discovered this campground back when I was pregnant with Anthony. It turns out that Steve had camped here once before when he was a kid. We love this area. Jason asked if we could move there and I said...sure, why not.
We could not have asked for better weather. 69 durning the day and almost no wind for the first two days. Sometimes I think Steve is a bigger kid then the kids. He spent more time in the water then they did. The first day, we hung out on the beach.
Everyone was having a good time and even Megan would pose for pictures.
They discovered the crabs.
Steve and Jason saw a really big crab and tried to catch it with their hands. It didn't work.
Look what washed up on the beach. The red tummy is from the cold water not the sun.
Look at this kids tan. That's from spending the summer working in the cherry orchards.
Megan didn't do a lot of swimming but she did do some building. In the middle of the sand castle is a crab she dug up.
She is trying to send a message.
To the Coast Guard helicopters. I think it said "HELP!!!!!! NO CELL PHONE RECEPTION!!!
Here is Anthony, hiking out to the fog horn.
That night it was off to Moe's for dinner. If you find yourself on the Oregon coast you must try this resturant. They have locations all over the coast. We are exploring the docks here.
The next day we where off to Clearwox Lake. I found this guy on the dock going to the dunes.
This lake is located in the camp ground and is at the base of one of the sand dunes. Because it has a dune between the lake and ocean, it blocks most of the winds. What do you do all a big hill of sand. Sand board of coarse. This was great for Anthony. He blew out his knee this winter and was able to use his new snow board once. He really enjoyed sand boarding.
You can kind of see the sand dune behind Steve's head. I was playing with my new 35mm lens I got for my birthday and ended up over exposing some pictures.
There he goes up the dune. This dune drops down right into the water.
A better shot of how high it is. We are sitting a few feet above the water.
Here he goes.
He said, it's not as fun as the snow but still had a good time.
I just like this picture. It reminds me of when he was a baby. He would close one eye and scrunch up his face when he cried.
When at the beach, someone must get buried in the sand. She also zip tied him to a water faucet too, but we aren't talking about that.
Megan liked the sand on the dunes better because there was not craps. She liked it so much that she let Anthony bury her.
The water looks yukky but it's really not. That's just sand you see. On the dune side of the lake, it is sand all the way down into the water. Very cool.
One of the things Jason enjoyed doing was running down the dune and jumping in the water. But what if he falls before the water???
Our last full day in Florence would not be complete without a sand dune ride.
Here we go off on the trail. The kids were not pleased that we took the bigger and slower tour. We promised next year would be the fast ones. What we didn't tell them, is we hope to have some ATV's to take out there. There are ton's of trails up in the dunes and along the beach.
As it turned out, I was on the wrong side of the buggy for good pictures. The tree island right above the woman's head is where we are going to end up.
We are riding right along the beach.
We are above Clearwox Lake. The dune to the right is the one Anthony was sand boarding down. I didn't have my zoom on but we could see the people on the hill.
Another trip down to the piers for some shopping. Megan has found herself a new hat.
Our last dinner in camp.
And sadly camp is all picked up and ready for our trip home. Everyone decided that we are going back next summer and for a longer time.
Thought I would through this last picture in. One of the things we did while there was take some pictures of Anthony. I am practicing my skills in both picture taking and photo editing. I will start shooting pictures for his senior portraits. Anthony, one of my biggest supports, has been telling all his friends and as it turns out, I will be taking their pictures as well. Really looking forward to it. I really like the picture below but it just shows me some things I have to work on. One thing I noticed on this trip, Anthony looks like he has a real eye for photography. One of these days I will post more pictures that he has taken. He does a really great job.
Any way, that is all for now. Have a good day.
1 comment:
Kiddo,
Thanks so much for this post. I felt like I was there enjoying it with you guys.
Dad.
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