Summer vacation on the Oregon Coast

On the road.


Knocked out cold by his car-sickness medication.


We stopped in Portland, as always, and bought
plenty of books at Powell's.


Yummy lunch at the Deschutes Brewery.


As soon as we arrived at the beach house we headed down to the ocean.


Clare didn't nap in the car, so she was tired (and just a bit cranky).


Our first glimpse of the waves.


Yay!






Clare had no fear of the (freezing cold) water. We had to watch her really carefully, because she'd just run right out into it.


This morning. Even a gray, rainy morning on the coast is fun
if you have fresh blueberries.




We headed to Mo's for lunch, as we always do at least once on our trip.






The camera settings were all wrong so the photo didn't really turn out, and Clare refused to look at Michael, but I wanted to include a photo of myself on vacation too, anyway.


Stopping to play with a beach ball at another house on our walk down to the beach.


Chasing after Xander.


Watching the waves.


Gymnastics on the beach.


Copying her big brother.


Who is this boy who wouldn't go anywhere near the water last year??


Bring it on.


He loved it, but I'm not kidding -- that water is ice cold.