Our days at the beach
After about 6 months of support raising and the birth of our second child we took a week off to spend time with family on the Oregon Coast. We were really excited to spend time with Tim’s grandmother and aunt and uncle from Kansas. On Sunday morning we piled in
the car and headed for Neskowin Oregon just North of Lincoln City. We had visited Neskowin before when Liz was pregnant with Jacob and our niece Fiona was only about 6 months old. The kids who remembered the previous trip were really excited to see it again and everyone was looking forward to some time away from the Idaho heat.
Of course traveling with a 4 week old is no small endeavor. We saw many little towns between Nampa and the coast that we never had need to stop in on previous trips. It turns out that Arlington, Oregon has a great public park just off Interstate 84. The trip that Google maps says should take about 9 hours took closer to 12 and a half with feeding stops and chances for Ben to get out of the car seat. We found that a 4 week old that does not want to be in the car anymore can be very persuasive in getting you to stop. But we were in no hurry and made it to the coast in plenty of time.
Most of the week the kids played in the freezing cold water of the Pacific while the adults tried as hard as possible to stay dry and still
close enough to supervise. Sand castles were built and of course there was great kite flying weather as only the Pacific Northwest can deliver.
We spend an afternoon visiting the Tillamook Cheese Factory where the kids saw how the cheese is processed and packaged.
In all it was a great time spent with family and a nice break from support raising with MAF.
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