Day 6: Cannon Beach

September 30, 2010

We'd been lucky to get some great, sunny weather this first week. A beach trip sounded like a good idea. I was a little nervous about putting Jacob in the car again for more than a ten-minute drive, but thought that the idea of the beach would pull him through.

The hour and twenty minute drive to the beaches is beautiful. Lots of farmland for awhile then into the Coastal Range which is like driving through an evergreen canyon. Huge trees line each side (except in some areas that seemed heavily logged), moss growing from their branches. Jacob actually fell asleep for about the probably thirty minutes of the drive and woke up just as we were pulling into town. No screaming at all.

We found a parking lot and headed toward the ocean. Breathtaking. Massive walls of water forming off the coast and crashing into themselves. By the time these waves hit the beach they were just gently gliding onto the wide stretch of beach. This was much better than suburbia.

And finally something that brought a smile to Fraser's face!

Personally, I thought he was crazy. The water made my toes feel numb and Jacob really wanted nothing to do with it. Whatever makes a person happy, though. Jacob and I made some sand castles and found remnants of sand dollars instead. 

Some tuna fish and chips and a delicious ice cream cone (cows 'n brownies, I think; vanilla ice cream, chocolate swirl, brownie chunks and chocolate cows with peanut butter inside) later and we were ready to head home. Happy to find a beautiful place pretty close.


Jacob fell asleep in the car again! About five minutes into our drive. He wasn't feeling great, though: hot, not himself. Just wanted his thumb and a nipple to touch. Poor little guy. 


Stopped for gas an paid more for gas than on our entire trip - $3.22. Thrilling. The lesson is, fill up in suburbia.