Birthday Weekend at the Oregon Coast

We rented a home on the beach for the weekend from one of James's co-workers. It was a beautiful home and the setting was perfect. It was wonderful being with the family. We left early Friday morning and drove out Hwy 26. We stopped at Camp 18, a favorite restaurant and logging museum for breakfast. Of course, Aaron is on the phone taking care of business.

From Camp 18 we headed out to Tillamook and the Tillamook Cheese Factory. This is a place we can never tire of seeing. We love to watch them make cheese, browse through their gift shop and (of course) have ice cream.


















Aaron spent a lot of time in the car because customers called and he had to deal with them when he had cell service. He managed to sell a lot of parts while we were inside spending money. We were glad he could join us for ice cream.

















We stopped at a vista place to look down on the ocean.




















Then on to Cape Meares Lighthouse, another favorite place of ours.































We stopped in Pacific City and had dinner at Riverhouse Restaurant before heading toward our destination in Neskowin. We arrived and unloaded our things just as the day was coming to a close. The house we stayed in was beautiful. It was in a gated community, and only 6 years old with 4 bedrooms--the master bedroom being on the ground floor. When we arrived it was only 50 degrees and took a while to warm the place up.
















After a good night sleep we were able to see the place better. We were told there was a creek off the back, but actually it was a river 30 feet off the deck and the beach and Proposal Rock 2 blocks away.






































After breakfast we walked down to the beach, not staying for long because it was such a cold day. I love the beach, I love to watch the waves crashing against the rocks, I love walking along in the sand and I love being with my family.










The stumps are from the Neskowin Ghost forest that existed 2,000 years ago.

















This is the house we stayed in.



That afternoon we met up with Brian and Erica Webber had lunch at Pier 101 and then browsed book stores while it rained outside. Katherine and Matt are always looking for a good book. Dinner that night was at Kyllo's--chowder and fried oysters--can't get much better than that.


















We were all able to relax that evening and the smart people went to bed by 10:30 PM. James, Aaron and Matt played a game of Lord of the Rings. This wasn't a simple game--it took 3.5 hours, ending at 1 AM.























The next day after a wonderful breakfast of apple upside down pancakes, Brian and Erica joined us. Here are Erica and Lauren.























After a lunch together at Moe's Matt, Katherine, James and I headed for home. Aaron and Lauren spent another night at the beach with Brian and Erica at their family beach house in Pacific City.