The Great Outdoors!

We had a fun (but tiring) weekend camping. We left on Friday after Ben's afternoon nap for a possibility of getting a non-reservable campsite along the Nestucca River about 1 hour away from us. There were 4 separate campgrounds along a 20 mile stretch of river. I think we got the last site available... We started setting up camp at about 7:30PM - feeding Ben dinner, so we both could help with the tent setup. It worked pretty slick, but the differences between camping as couple versus camping with a toddler are very great. Everything seems to take 3 times as long as it used to. But it seems like it all paid off. Ben had a great time and even slept pretty well. The nights were pretty cool - I'd guess low 40's.




Here a little clip of Ben walking around in his PJ's just before bed. Ben is borrowing the fleece sluggly-thing from his future cousin. It is SOOO cute (and warm)! Thanks, Patti!


The campsite we stayed at was about 1/2 of the way to the coast, so we took off on Saturday morning and headed to the Cape Meares lighthouse area for a picnic lunch and some little hikes that were do-able for Ben. He actually did a majority of the hiking himself - but we did have to carry him during a few parts.

Ben really liked the flagpole... Look at how little he is. Awww.

The is the infamous (pretty ugly in my opinion) Octopus Tree.

After the light house, we headed for Pacific City beach and the Pelican brewpub. Here are some pics from the beach. Ben LOVED the sand. Can you tell?