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So bright and sunny! You can see the mist
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This last weekend we got to run away together for a bit! We celebrated our one year anniversary by going to OREGON!! We had wanted to go to Oregon for foreeeevvver and we finally got the chance! When we first got there, it was late Friday night and we found a place to park overnight and slept in the truck near Cannon Beach town. Then Saturday morning we headed to cannon beach to hang out and skimboard! The ocean mist/fog came in soooo thick in the afternoon! It was soo cool! We could barely see the person next to us! After that we headed out to our campground and checked in! The next morning we headed out to rent a surfboard (our friends borrowed us one already!) so besides asking what they had to rent, we also went around asking shops if they had fixer-uppers stored in the back they would want to sell, just in case for some reason we would come across a killer deal and low and behold we found a beautiful (very cracked) board that the manager sold us for SUCH a good deal! Whoops... We bought a surfboard ... (The rest of the trip every once in awhile we looked at eachother and said "what the hek!! we bought a surfboard!??) SOO Nick went to the hardware store - bought some epoxy - and fixed it up on the beach at Oswald West Bay
- while I went to catch some waves by myself for a bit. Then he joined and we had an awesome day both getting better at surfing! Around 7PM we were totally drained and headed in to our campground for the day. The next morning we went for another surf for a couple hours, and then checked in to our hotel RIGHT on cannon beach! (Before this, while we were surfing at Ecola State Park - we witnessed a funeral on the beach, where they burned the surfers board, and lit a cannon off of it in the ocean... it was kind of eerie. (Apparently this is a Hawaiian tradition) Anyway...We decided since we were celebrating our one year anniversary we deserved a treat! So for our last night we got a hotel RIGHT on the beach!! In the evening, we went for a walk along the beach to Haystack rock, and they had marine biologists there showing us the marine life right in its natural habitat in the tide pools by the rock. And after that we went out to a little pub/restaurant for dinner to end our night! The next morning was our last day - so we went for a quick skimboard in the morning, and packed up our things and headed out. A little stop at REI in seattle for some belays for our new climbing gear - and we were home! Nick and I both had SOOO much fun! We can't wait to go back and try new and fun things there again.
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| Skim Boarding on the North part of Cannon Beach |
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Our tent side. Home for a couple night =)
Short Sands Beach (Oswald Bay)
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| This was about a 20 minute drive into Ecola State Park. It was sooo beautiful. And you popped out to a beautiful bay and ocean waves! |
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| Surfing at Ecola State Park |
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| Walking along the beach in the evening to Haystack rock |
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| Lots of starfish at Haystack Marine site! |
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| Our view from our hotel room! South of Haystack! |
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| On the drive home, we went through the old Astoria town, North of Cannon beach and there is this 4 -mile long bridge over the Columbia River! Its sooo cool! |
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A little stop at the 3-level REI in Seattle
to finish off the trip! We were in Heaven! |
