Oregon Trip

We headed down to Astoria, OR for a quick overnight trip. Andrew (my brother), Kelly, and Logan came along with us. We had an awesome time. My kids thought the "huge hotel room" with a river view of the boats along the Columbia river was one of the major highlights. Below are some of the things that we did.

A visit to the Goonies House- after this visit we found a little local shop to eat some fish and chips. We tried the sampler platters including a tuna and agreed it wasn't as good as the other varieties of fish (halibut and cod).
After dinner we saw the Astoria Column

View from the top (if you look carefully you can see Kelly and I down on the bottom holding Logan and Jacob with Emma in her pink coat to the side).

We had a little pool time and then put the kiddos down while we stayed up to chat.

The next morning we headed over to Cannon Beach.
Our friendly visitor
Haystack Rocks
Benjamin playing in the tide pool - it didn't last long before the tide came in
The kids played in the sand for a long time. They loved it even though it was not warm at all.

Benjamin, Andrew, and Logan's tunnel with water trench around it.
Jacob was so happy playing, but we knew that he was soaked. We stripped him down and his little legs were freezing so we knew it was time to head for lunch and then home. He cried to leave though. Jacob was hard core into the sand.

It was a great trip and for the most part the kiddos did great on the drive as well. We are looking forward to our next over night adventure to see where it may take us!