Monday, July 26, 2010

Seaside, Oregon

We took a trip to Seaside, Oregon last week with my sister Abbey and her boyfriend Andrew, my mom, and our friends, Jake and Cassie. The weather was cool and we did a lot of fun stuff. Some of these pictures were taken at Cannon Beach, where we spent a day shopping and exploring. We went to Tillamook to see their cheese factory and eat ice cream! We also took a day trip to Washington to see some lighthouses. While we were in Seaside we visited the aquarium, found tons of sand dollars, and Austin and I had a romantic dinner at a fancy Italian restaurant. There was also a cat show and a biker's show on the same day in Seaside (strange combination :) The bikers were all over the streets, but sadly enough you had to pay to see the cat show- who is going to pay for that? While we were sitting in our living room one evening, I looked out the window to see a cat walking along the fence, but he was covered by a tree. When he came out of the tree, he was really a raccoon who got a bit scared when we all ran to the window to stare at him. Andrew saw him (or maybe her) with about 5 baby raccoons in the middle of the night. One day while we were looking for sand dollars, Austin saw a seagull with a live crab, which he stole from the seagull and gave to Andrew for dinner. On the last night we were there, we decided to have a bonfire on the beach and Austin, Andrew, and Abbey decided that they should dive in the ocean. We all thought they were crazy and that they would chicken out because it was so cold, but they did it!
At Cannon Beach, with Haystack Rock in the background.
Add Image On the rocks somewhere between Tillamook and Cannon Beach
Abbey and I at Cannon Beach
Austin and I with my mom in front of the house we rented
Jake, Cassie, Austin, Me, Abbey, and Andrew in Cannon Beach (mom took the photo)
Austin building in the sand (I don't think you can quite call what he and Jake made a sand castle)
On the beach at Seaside

Cassie, Me, and Abbey at Seaside beach

The boys building our beach fire

Austin and Abbey after their ocean swim