Our Trip to the Oregon Coast

We got back last week from our family trip – with Dave’s brother Pete and his wife Kenna.   We went to Lincoln City, Oregon, on the Oregon Coast.  It was the most AMAZING trip I have taken, and I can’t wait to go back – hopefully the others feel the same way. 

We stayed in a Beach house called Natique which was right on the Oceanfront – beach access was only a block away and down a flight of stairs – so the boys and Dave were playing on the beach quite a bit.  We also went into Depoe Bay and Newport and saw some of the sights there – The Newport Aquarium, The Hatfield Marine Science Center and the Yaquina Head Light House.  Pete, Kenna and I also took a chartered boat trip out in the ocean to do some whalewatching – Pete got horribly seasick so he unfortunately didn’t see any whales, but Kenna and I did get to see quite a few.  I had wanted to go to Oregon to see the whales and had picked the week we went specifically because the whales were migrating, so I was very elated to be able to see them so close up, and was able to get some video of them as well.

We all loved the tide pools and Devil’s Punch Bowl and at the Yaquina Head Lighthouse.  It was cool to be able to touch all of the sealife in their natural environment – starfish, urchins, crabs, anenomes, hermit crabs, fish, slugs.  

The kids were so good on the way out and even on the way home – when we took the 14 hour drive in one day – it actually took us 16 1/2 hours after stopping to eat a few times. 

I absolutely love being around Dave and the boys – and I’m so glad we were able to spend this time together as a family – and have so much fun at the same time.