Astoria to Cannon Beach

     The night before our bellies were filled with fresh crab that our camping neighbor brought us from his fishing trip.  He literally caught them, boiled them,  and brought them to our table.   September is crabbing season in Oregon and we are fortunate to be a part of it!  Never have I had such a delicious crab in my life! 
      Our day started yesterday with packing up the Shasta after lunch with plans to head down the Oregon coast.  We packed everything up, loaded into the car, then realized Mary Logue had been playing with my phone and it was missing.  After a thirty minute frantic search which basically involved unpacking everything, we found it in the side door of the car - how did we miss that? 

 We dropped Faris off at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria and he rode the coast, stopping in Cannon City.  We went on to Manzanita with hopes of finding a camping spot at Nehalem State Park but what were we thinking?  It's the weekend!  So, we had some awesome pizza and beer, played on the beach, and reconsidered our options.  We headed back up to Cannon City and docked at the Sea Ranch RV Resort which is really nice. After a long day we were glad to get settled in and decided to stay two nights and enjoy the coast. 
     Morning started with pancakes and bacon cooked outside by Daddy, master chef.

We did a load of laundry then headed out to Ecola State Park for a hike to Indian Beach.  All I have to say about this is wow... it's a 1.5 mile hike that twists through rainforests and takes you up to scenic lookouts of the coast and Haystack Rock along the way.  The trees are so big a family of three could cozily live in the base.  

 

We had lunch on the beach where a really fat squirrel kept trying to take our lunch - I would shoo him and Eli would tell me that it was OK, he was just hungry - my little humanitarian. 

 We played in the extremely cold water and climbed the rocks on the cliff.  When the tide comes up in the rocks it leaves little anemones and sometimes starfish (which we did not see). 

Right when we were really getting into looking for sea creatures Eli began to melt down.  We stuck him in the backpack and he was trying to run while in the backpack because he was tired and wanted to go home - Faris and I could not help but laugh, it was such a funny site.  How do you know you're too old to sit in a kid pack?  When you can put your feet on the ground and run while you're in it! 

 Tried Ninkasi Radiant Ale brewed in Eugene, OR and neither of us cared for it.  We all showered tonight, watched a little football, and both babies were asleep in the big bed by 8:30.  Miracle of all miracles!  Sleep has been tough since we started this journey but they're getting the hang of it.  They are so sweet and so much fun.