Oregon Vacation

It's been an incredibly full week. Our townhouse sold. We negotiated (painfully at times) an offer on a new place. We took a little time off and headed for the Oregon Coast...

We drove down to Cannon Beach Oregon and camped for a few days. I surfed in the mornings and Allison and Maggie hung out on the beach.

Sights we recommend on the Oregon Coast (no particular order):
1.) Surf @ Oswald West State Park
2.) Eat breakfast @ Pig 'n Pancake. Bring your appetite or share your meals (multiple locations along the coast)
3.) Tour the Tillamook Cheese Factory in Tillamook (Cheese, Ice Cream, and Fudge what's not to like?)
4.) See the World's tallest Sitka Spruce tree (near Cannon Beach)
5.) Take in a glass blowing demonstration (many glass blowing studios & exhibits in Cannon beach and the rest of the Coast)
6.) Hug at Hug Point (near Cannon Beach)
7.) Walk on the Beach at Cannon Beach, Check out the Haystack!
8.) Camp at Nehalem Bay State Park
9.) Watch the Sunset over the ocean every night!
10.) Ride the dune buggy's on the sand dunes near Florence.

Things not to do on your Oregon Coast Vacation:
1.) Pack your camera, your tripod, extra batteries, drive all the way down, take out your camera and discover that your Memory Card is in the computer at home &@#$%!!!!!!!!!!!
2.) Tie up loose ends of the negotiations/financing/inspections on our (maybe, soon-to-be, new house) while camping. Those roaming charges are gonna be costly!!!!
3.) Forget to pack your cork screw!!!!!
4.) Forget to sell those Seahawks tickets for the game you can't go to because you are in Oregon!!!

As you can see from the photo the surf was pretty low even for a novice like myself. It's hard to complain though I was surfing!!!!

After 3 nights of sleeping in a tent with sand in places it doesn't belong we drove over to Aurora which is slightly south of Portland. There we stayed with family and had an awesome time swimming, feasting, playing with my cousins little kids, and staying up late catching up/reminiscing.

So tomorrow we have a home inspection on the potential house, if that goes well we'll be moving in the end of October. Allison and are both back to work this week. I'm sure I'll have plenty to blog about in the coming weeks. I'm really looking forward to it!