Fun Day With the Boys

Yesterday was all about the boys. We decided to head south again to show them a few sites, we knew they would like.

First stop was this cannon, that washed up on shore in 1846 on Cannon Beach…

Then it was on to Boiler Bay…

  

Then in Pacific City we wanted them to see the Haystack Rock that looks like the indian..

And the big sand dunes…

 

And Depoe Bay…where we knew they would love the Whale Center… Gray Whales had been spotted and we were told where to look. Unfortunately out of the four of us, I was the only one to spot it.. It is a neat place where you have use of the binoculars, and the park rangers tell you where to look..

 

We travelled as far as Newport, to take them to the Hatfield Marine Science Center…I knew they would really love it, and they did..

 

The last stop was at Newport Bay so they could see these guys..

 

And I think Logan’s favorite part of the day was here talking to these guys fishing..(he loves to fish) They even let him pull up a a crab basket and explained what they can keep and cannot keep..

And let him hold the crab..

 

We had a great day but it was a long drive back..We travelled 250 miles, but sure worth it!!

Seaside and Another Grandson’s Arrival

Thursday was moving day again. We were headed to the Thousand Trails in Seaside. I have heard good things about this park.

When we arrived we were told to pick our site. We of course opted for the 50amp side, and lucked out when we found a site directly across from the pool, hot tub, playground and family activity center. Perfect!  We are parked next to a neat family, who full time with their four children ages 8,6,4 and baby. They home school and also started a business Fulltimerfamilies.com. Anyone who knows of a family that are fulltiming or want to, have them hook up with Chris & Kimberly.  Joey was happy to have friends. After checking the place out, we went for a drive through town and stopped for dinner at DQ.

Friday, Oh what a beautiful day in the 70’s. We headed back to Portland for the arrival of grandson #2, Logan, who is 7.. He wasn’t sure he wanted to fly alone, but he braved up and decided he didn’t want to miss out.  It was about 7p when we got back and it didn’t take him long to mix in with the neighbors, at the swimming pool.

Saturday perfect day for the beach. Temps actually went into the 80’s. Not really heard of around here early June.  I took the boys searching for a parking spot at the beach. Not easy to find. I think everyone was out today!  After several tries at a few beaches, I found a spot that turned out to be rather cool. It was by the river that led to the beach. The boys had both to play in and around.

  Joey had fun playing ball with this dog..

And Logan found tadpoles..

I liked seeing the horses…

Down by the ocean, they dug and scoped out fish…..

And chased seagulls….

Nice brother time…

After several hours at the beach it was homeward bound.A quick dip in the pool and then it was  time for candy bar bingo at the clubhouse. We all won!   Campfire followed with s’mores and the kids all had a ball playing in the playground.

Sunday.. I had to grocery shop.. I set up the wii outside on the picnic table for the kids to play along with their friends.

When they had enough our neighbor Kimberly brought them all to the pool.

Monday…Kevin & I had planned to take the boys out for the day but Kevin woke up feeling very dizzy and sick. So I took them to the Seaside Aquarium. .

Fish for them to feed the Seals..

They loved looking at all the fish..

 

The aquarium is right on the beach but it was too cold to play…

 

So we headed to the candy store to pick out salt water taffy…Another first for them..

Back at the campground it was playtime with the neighbors..

Next blog will take us on a return drive south to show the boys some sites..

Grandson Surprise

We headed to Portland Sunday afternoon to meet up with our daughter Kim. She is a flight attendant and had a layover in Portland for the night. We had originally asked her if she could bring the kids out with her on her flight, but unfortunately the flight was full. With great surprise she arrived with our oldest grandson Joey who is 9.  We all spent the night with Kim at the Embassy Suites. She had an early check in Monday morning but we took our time, had breakfast and were on our way.  We will have Joey with us for a nice visit.

We stopped along the way at this fish hatchery…

When we arrived back at the RV, Joey was anxious to see the beach. So he and I headed that way. 

Monday… Weather wasn’ t looking too great. We decided to head to the Tillamook Cheese Factory…

 

 

After the self guided tour we had to try their ice cream..

     

It was raining pretty hard,  so rather than continuing our sight seeing, we picked up a few errands and headed home.

 

After dinner, the sun was out. Joey and I headed to the beach to see the sunset…

   

A perfect ending to a perfect day with our grandson..

Wednesday looked like a much brighter day.

First stop was for the boys to get haircuts.  We then headed to the Mears Lighthouse. Joey has never seen a lighthouse and was anxious, but unfortunately we couldn’t go to the top. Some drunk idiots, used a gun and shot through the glass to put out the light. They are waiting for a fix, and until then it is closed.  The scenery was beautiful..

       

We stopped to get some chowder for lunch.  This was a first for Joey and he loved it.

When we got back home he and grampy took a walk to the beach to create a few mountains in the sand!!

Stay tuned for our next stop at Seaside….