Oregon Adventure: Day 4

The boys are so exhausted by the end of each day, that they are sleeping very well into the morning hours. Between 8 and 9 are regular occurrences. Then it's breakfast time!

 After breakfast I asked Abe to take me on an adventure. The boys stayed with Grandma. My Dad came with Abe and I. We stopped at several lakes and enjoyed the beauty around us. There are crazy amounts of rolling sand dunes. Many of them are really steep on one side and more gradual on the other. None of them are as tall as Sand mountain though.  The actual allowed riding space is very small compared to the overall size of the dunes. They stretch for miles up and down the coast!

Abe and I wanted our picture taken. We asked this guy, who we had been chatting with, to snap one on my phone. Most hilarious thing I have ever watched. He put the phone up to his eye, he held it backwards, he had his finger on the whole. Finally I held up the phone to show him how to take a picture. he figured it out and was able to get one of Abe and I. Oh the characters we meet!

There were some awesome paths that went through the trees. This one was by far my favorite. I had to stop mid descent to snap a picture.

 When we got back to camp the kids were happy, dirty, and smiling because Grandma gave them soda! I was happy that the had fun!

After lunch we decided to go and do something. We went into Reedsport to check out some of the local sites. This little place sculptures out of wood with a chainsaw. Very cool to watch.

Next we checked out the Elk reserve. I may have been showing the boys what noise an elk makes while we drove. As soon as we took Sawyer out of the car he covered his ears in anticipation. But none of the elks bugled.

Crew picked a flower for me and requested that I put it behind my ear. I love that sweet boy!

Next my parents went to check into their hotel and we went to the pier.

Then of course we had one last beach visit while the tide was going out. Abe and my Dad went on some quick rides and then came to join us.
Sawyer and Crew were having to much fun chasing waves and splashing in the water. Sawyer fell in, up to his chest, several times and didn't seem to mind.

Abe went hunting for shells and found the largest, whole clam shell.

The moon was huge, again! I loved watching it come up over the mountain.

Oregon Adventure: Day 3 Evening

Camille and Gregg's family headed for the Lion Caves, and the rest of us went back to camp. Grandma and Grandpa hung out with Crew and Sawyer while Abe and I had a quick ride around the sand dunes. We took the back way to Banshee Hill, and then rode back down to camp. It was time to make dinner!

Where we were camped on the sand dunes, but they had brought in a lot of wood chips to make it more accessible without getting stuck. It made everyone have dirty feet and in Sawyer case, slivered feet. The perk of having a camper is that we could all shower it off every night.

After we got the boys showered and in bed, we left them in the care of Grandma and Grandpa - who later told us they had the perks of watching a movie in bed! Abe and I road our four wheelers down to the beach parking lot, and walked the beach as the sun set and the moon rose.

Oregon Adventure: Fish and Chips and the Lighthouse

We decided to hit up a local restaurant for some authentic fish and chips. The restaurant is actually floating in the marina. Pretty cool to sit and look at all the boats. Although, it was rather toasty sitting in the sun! We had to wait forever for our food (how complicated can it be?) so the men entertained the kids for the most part. The food was good and it was a fun adventure! My kids shared a platter and gobbled up their fish and chips like they had been starved . . .  since breakfast! I am pretty sure I saw some tug-of-war between several bites! They finished off my food and several others as well.

Next up, we wanted to see the lighthouse. I wanted to go inside the lighthouse. However, I did not want to go through the whole tour with four little boys and a baby. Torture? Instead we roamed around the coast guard museum and read little factoids about the lighthouse. 

Checking our where we walked this morning

 

 Crew was terrified of these stairs. We don't have stairs in our house, and something about these stairs freaked him out. He eventually crawled to the top.