This is the final installment about our trip through Oregon. It only took me a month to get it all up (which is about how long my computer takes to upload these pictures).
Yaquina head was the final stop on our trip. We spent a couple of hours here on the beach and around the light house. Every part of the coast is unique and this was no different. This beach had no sand, just perfectly smooth rocks (quite big actually). There was also a lot of driftwood, and a sign declaring driftwood to be the only "legal" thing to remove from the beach. Of course this meant Ian had to spend forever scouring the beach for the perfect piece. He decided on one that was about the size of a small tree (seriously, a whole log), but we talked him in to a pocket size piece to take home.
The lighthouse here is still working. You can go up inside, but Will was too short to climb the stairs and they don't allow children to be carried which means one person would have been stuck at the bottom with both William and Delaney. We opted to stay on the ground together! This is a nice way of saying that Will requires full time one-on-one adult supervision when near water, cliffs, parking lots, sharp objects...pretty much always.
The other remarkable thing about Yaquina head is that it is a great on-shore whale watching location. There are a couple of times a year that gray whales migrate past this point close to shore. More impressive is the fact that some resident gray whales are located near this area. What would be really impressive is if we had actually seen some. We didn't. What we did see was seals. They are the little light gray spots on the rock in the picture below. I won't go into detail about the giant dead seal on the beach. Ugh...
Seals on the rocks.
A view of the beach from up top.
The boys and the lighthouse.
The driftwood that Ian really wanted. Honestly. This was actually an argument.
Scaling the rocks, reaching the top and VICTORY! as the other boys join him. Ian is entertaining to say the least. Notice the tiny piece of driftwood in his hand. This is the one he was relegated to bringing home. Poor guy...
Mike and Will exploring. You have to hold on tight to this one...he's a runner.
Mama and the kiddos. Miss Laney Beth is going to have to work on that "cheese". She is actually saying it, but unfortunately, it leads to this face! :) :)
And that concludes our summer vacation. School is officially in full swing this week. Ian is still taking ballet (all boys this year), he wants to start karate lessons, all 3 kids should start swimming lessons soon and my days as a chauffeur have begun. I love having a schedule though and Fall is my very favorite time of year so no complaints!
I will write soon with school updates!
Asleep in his PB and J. Not an uncommon lunchtime problem (hence the sleep study). At least this time he actually put his head down. Sometimes he's asleep mid-bite!
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