Cannon Beach

On Monday we took a little unpacking break and drove about an hour and a half away to the coast with JTs mom and step dad. Oregon and Washington are some of the few states that I never explored as a kid with my family so I am soo excited to be able to see everything the northwest has to offer. We drove down into Portland and then headed as west as we could possibly go to Cannon Beach. The drive there was amazing. I need to be better about taking pictures, it was definitely picture worthy. A tiny little road through huge forests of the tallest trees I have ever seen. And then all of a sudden we hit the cutest beach/tourist town and we were at the beach! It was about 50 degrees and cloudy and windy but still beautiful. 

These beaches are so different here, lots of rocks all over the place. I'm excited to come back when the weather warms up to see what it's like!

Thomas's hair kills me in this one. He needs a haircut. Bad. 

Out of nowhere he has turned into such a little man. He loved watching all of the seagulls and dogs that were being walked along the beach. He has become super aware of everything that goes on around him and wants to be apart of it all, never wants to stop moving, and constantly jabbers and tries to communicate. 

We ate an early dinner at a local restaurant with lots of fresh seafood (puke) but I decided to be a good sport since everyone else loves it, and apparently nothing beats sea food right by the ocean. We were the only people in there other then a pair of probably 60 year old women who were way too drunk for 4:00 in the afternoon. I think we overheard their entire conversation. 

After dinner we headed back to try and beat rush hour traffic. Apparently getting stuck in rush hour from Portland across the bridge to Vancouver is awful...like hours of waiting on the bridge awful.  It's crazy how different living in a huge city can be. But it's beautiful here and we can't wait to explore more this weekend!