Life is Good ~ Aug. 22nd

Amazingly, we woke up to another sunny day. (Maybe that's normal here, but we're just used to our set of averages back home...) The beach beckoned, so of course we had to go explore.

Our side of the duplex was the stair side.  

Very few people around, and not much for tidal pool life like we're familiar
with in Parksville. The sand was lovely, though.

Being quite breezy out, it's easy to look like an expert kite-flyer.

Eventually, we were chilled by the wind and headed back in for our next outing.

Heading south for our daystrip destination of Newport, we stopped at Cape Foulweather
just below Depoe Bay.  Here is a view to the south. I didn't read anything into it when I
 found out later that Scott purchased a pair of earrings here for my anniversary gift!

 Waiting for lunch outside the original Mo's Restaurant in Newport... It was a very
delicious meal, with Scott trying the world-famous clam chowder, and Nora liked
 receiving a plastic shark on her straw. (When she's happy, we're all happy!)

We reached our destination of the Oregon Coast Aquarium, but as tends to happen with journeying in such a random way, we happened to miss most of the planned shows for the day. We did get in on the otter feeding, and part of the sea lions also. Nora was quite fascinated, so it was great to give her and the boys such a close-up experience. I hope you enjoy some of Scott's photos...

Otters seeking supper.

Poor fish with the perma-frown!

Not sure what kind of fish-creature this is but he looks friendly!

A close call for Lewis.

Not quite as efficient as using a stroller...

 The "Touch Pool".

Wild to watch, but glad it's behind glass!

Jellyfish Dance.

We headed back "home" after a few hours, realizing that we missed the opening times of several lighthouses along the way. Thus began our conversation of  "Next time we come back..."

Back to the beach... that's what we came for!

Nora is a willing participant to be buried.

And she's up...

Nora's a good sport.

Watching the sunset from the deck.

After several attempts, Scott and the boys get a fire going. Was so windy...

Nora and I didn't need to do any "work". Boys like this kind of cooking!

This feels like vacation...

We finished off our adventurous day by watching the stars from the hot tub on the deck. Lewis told us that this was his favourite part of vacation as we played verbal word games together while soaking. (Yes, that would be my side of the family coming through.) We had to play again the next night, and then at meals out. So funny... I think we could arrange that kind of vacation "entertainment" at home!