Oregon Coast

Yeah for VACAY!

D and I were blessed to be able to go and spend 6 whole days together just the two of us earlier this month. Nana and Papa took all 3 crazies and let us have a mommy/daddy trip. Thank you, thank you! We started off at the Belknap Hot Springs in OR, spent two days there--it was beautiful . . . we did trails, lazed in the HOT springs, and played cards at night, it was so relaxing! Then we headed straight out to the coast, had lunch in Florence, OR . . . kept driving up the 101 and stayed in Newport one night. Got up and went to the sweet Aquarium they have there, and then headed further north. We stopped along the way whenever we wanted to hop out and do something or take in a better view of the coastline. It was wonderful! Our last two nights we stayed in Lincoln City. It was by far our favorite of the places we drove through--very cute town! Our hotel there was amazing and we loved being able to walk on the beach, walk to dinner, and do a little shopping (of course) along the way. The OR coast is beautiful! Side note: so we were SO lame and forgot our nice camera, or any camera for that matter, so on our way to Florence we bought a sweet little $40 digital camera from Target and used that and an old disposable camera we had to document our trip. The pics turned out pretty decent for $40. ;0) Ok, here are some high-lights:

Loved our twice daily walks!

This aquarium had the most amazing jellyfish! I couldn't believe it--we spent 4 years going to the Baltimore Aquarium and this was way better!

The sharks!

Greeted in style in Lincoln City

Even in August this fireplace got a lot of use, the nights were cold~

Random . . .

Even more random . . . D insisted on capturing a pic of this poor one legged seagull that kept hopping along after us in the parking lot.

Hot tub on the balcony . . . AH-mazing

Depoe Bay--famous for whale watching . . . maybe there were some behind the fog somewhere

Our sunset view

5 Datenights in a Row!