Oregon Day 4

We woke up early (it gets light at like 5 a.m. there) and headed to a small grocery story. Yikes, we paid $5.60 for a small box of cereal. I was deciding to get the bare minimum and asked for some chicken. She referred me to a different grocery story for that. If only I had started there; it was cheaper... but still painfully expensive. I was still worried about my lost wallet and figured that it had been stolen at the water park. The people there had told us that it wasn't turned in or found. We were just about to start cancelling some credit cards so we decided to say one last prayer. About two minutes later, the water park called back and said it had been found! What a relief! Now I'd just have to wait for 4 days to pick it up on our way back to Portland. After a little relaxing time and some lunch, we went on a bike trailer. We were thrilled with the bike trailer that the owner had bought just for us, after I inquired if they had one. We rode for 8 miles north on the coastal highway and back through a wooded area and by a small lake. Nolan didn't love the bike he was using, called "Tropical Splash." He especially didn't like when we teased him about its name! He was a trooper going up some big hills and Lucy got tired of the trailer but was happy to snuggle with Ezra.

 The evidence is right there: she's been eating sand. She loved it on the beach.

 The reason we come to the beach: to scream and run away from the waves.

We were lucky to have beautiful weather. It was around 65 degrees and sunny. There was some mist rolling off the waves. 

Not a person for miles!

 I had cleaned off her face but apparently she went back for more!

 My best little buddy. We look just a little alike here, don't we?

Justin's favorite spot in the beach house. What a surprise when one of the kids flipped it on and it vibrated!

The bunk bed joy never ended during our 5 night stay. While relaxing for a while, we enjoyed our first bowl of Tillamook ice cream. Divine! It'll be hard to ever buy another kind again.

That evening, we drove south to see what we could see. We happened upon this farm and Ezra said they were giant marshmallows. After that, we saw giant marshmallows (really just hay wrapped in plastic) all over and we called them marshmallow farms. 

We also checked out Bob Straub State Park (and joked about that name the rest of the trip) and Nestucca Wildlife Refuge. We drove back to Cape Kiwanda (right by Pacific City) and climbed the giant sand hill to watch the sunset. It was a breezy evening and it turns out there were lots of clouds blocking the sun. It was still neat to see the cliffs and let the boys run down the hill.

Here's the view looking back toward Pacific City and our beach house is on that beach about a mile away.

That night, the boys were excited to watch a movie in bed while Justin and I had fun pouring over our new floor plan book. It's our silly new hobby (so fun to dream!).