last day of vacation

We got up early saturday morning and went for a drive up the beach looking for sand dollars. we did finally find one that was not broken and we also saw this guy out and about on the beach.

After breakfast we took the beach highway into Long Beach and walked around town for a few hours and found a nice sandwich shop to eat lunch at called Surfer Sands.

Then we headed back to camp and took a nap before packing up and heading home. On our way out of town we stopped for one last treat at Scoopers Market!

As some of you may know we have a dream of one day owning our own live aboard dive boat. Until this last weekend the only maker we have found that makes the kind of boat we want was in France. On our drive home as we passed thru Raymond Wa we saw this beauty along side the road and found out it is made right there in town!

Mind you it is a long way off before we will be able to afford a 60-100 foot custom boat like this but, hey thats what dreams are for right?

day five - last day...?

On friday we were going to tour the Tillamook Cheese factory but my knee was hurting so bad that we decided to go home a day early. =(

So we packed up again and headed up the coast to Washington. One thing to remember is that as you go up the coast it may be only 30 - 50 miles to your next stop but the road is so windey (and sometimes foggy) that it can take hours to get there.

As we hit Long Beach Washington the sun finally came out! (we had not seen sun since the day we got to the beach) So we thought we would park the tent trailer on Matt's aunt and uncles lot in Ocean Side and play on the beach for an hour or so.

When we got there we saw that his aunt and uncle were up from California for the summer. After visiting with them for a bit we headed for the beach! Once there we thought it would be fun to have our own fire and eat our dinner out there.

We had so much fun we thought why not stay to see the sunset then camp with his aunt and uncle for the night and go home saturday! =)

day three - sightseeing

On our third day we didn't have to change campgrounds so we enjoyed sleeping in and had a nice waffle breakfast.

Then we packed up sack lunches and headed out to the Sea Lion Caves.

On our way back we stopped by Seal Rocks to attempt a geocache and walk down to the beach.

Unfortunately the fog had gotten so thick and we were getting cold we decided to cancel going on the long walk down the hill to the beach.

So we decided to check out the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport.

Where we also saw some sea lions..

Then we finished our activities with a well deserved nap!