Coastal Weekend

We went to the coast this weekend...wanted to explore more of it. We drove down to Lincoln City and then drove south along the coast. We had some great weather and lots of fun walking the beaches. We had intended on getting a yurt at the state park in Lincoln City, but none were available. So we headed south to Beverly Beach...still no yurts available. So we just kept driving south.







I love these pictures...





We went for a short hike and saw these two snakes cozying up together. Can you see the two heads? One slithered away (right under Syd's foot!). When we passed them on our way out, they were coiled back up together.




Some of our views as we drove...




The Oregon Coast boasts the world's largest Sea Lion Cave and we wanted to check it out, but the cost was ridiculous. Thankfully, we saw these sea lions hanging out at the side of the river at Waldport.





We found this very cool tide pool area and beach at Seal Rock State Park. It would be a great place to play on a warm day. The tide was out and we saw some starfish and sea anemones. The girls wanted to stay and play, but it was really windy and cold.







We finally found an available yurt at South Beach State Park. This ended up being a much better state park than the other two we had tried so we were pleasantly surprised.








This morning we drove even further south to the beginning of the National Dunes Recreation Area. So much of the Oregon coast is rocky that we thought it would be fun to see the dunes. We've gotten used to the dunes in Michigan, and these were very different...not miles and miles of sand dunes, just a couple hills to go over before getting to the ocean. Still, we had lots of fun and had the beach to ourselves.



Check out the waves...they were rolling in and it was mesmerizing to watch them crashing













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Kevin found this piece of something? and we made our own little playground