Well, the weekend after our night at Snoqualmie Falls, we headed to Cannon Beach with good friends, Kelly and Tammy Grimm. Being that it was Fourth of July weekend, we headed out a bit early, leaving on Thursday afternoon...after Rick got home from Houston (where he roasted!!) after meetings there earlier in the week. The drive down was nice, we left home and it was about 85 degrees, beautiful and by the time we got to our hotel, it was about 25 degrees cooler...but still sunny! Phew, we weren't dressed for that and quickly grabbed a sweatshirt. Grimms were about an hour behind us and once they arrived and unpacked, they joined us for a drink on our deck before we all headed to dinner.
Friday we awoke to a completely foggy beach and with THE rock (Haystack Rock) right out in front of the hotel, we couldn't even see it at times...pretty crazy! Despite the fog, we were thrilled to be there...the beach (any beach!) is one of our favorite place to be...the sound of the waves hitting the beach, the birds, the smell of saltwater...it's all very soothing and relaxing! So, fog or not, we weren't going to let that affect our day. After breakfast, we all headed out to find some "sunnier" locations...which didn't really materialize much until later that day...there were spots here and there, but not a lot. One of our stops was the Tillamook Cheese Factory...where the last time we had stopped, they weren't working, so it was fun to see the cheese being packaged this time...and gee, imagine we just "had" to get some of the ice cream...okay, so no one twisted our arms, but we couldn't leave without saying we had some fresh ice cream!! YUM!! The afternoon had us walking on the beach and although we had sweatshirts on, the sun did come out after a while and it turned out to be quite nice for the evening. After dinner we went on the beach and saw a large group all dressed up...two brides and two grooms, a double wedding! We had a fire on the beach planned that night which was a ton of fun. We can't remember the last time we had done that...as kids...which was WAY to long ago! Kelly came prepared with everything we needed for the fire and between "the pit digger, Rick" and the "fire-master, Kelly" we had the best fire on the beach!
Saturday, July 4th, was another grey morning, but not nearly the dense fog as the day before. We walked into town for breakfast and then did a bit of exploring of the area (okay, we stopped at the outlet mall as well!) before deciding we needed some more wood for another fire that night. It turned out after we got the wood in Warrenton and were driving down the street, we saw the street lined with people in chairs, all dressed in red white and blue...it seemed that we were just ahead of the parade! So, we opened the sunroof and waved as we drove down the street...and we checked off our list "be in a parade" so we can now move on to another one of those items on the bucket list!! :~) Another wonderful walk on the beach with lots of sunshine this afternoon and plenty of people and dogs out enjoying the sunshine and warmer temperatures...and even the water (brrr)...and we saw another wedding...boy, the beach is sure a popular place for weddings! Drinks again on the deck before dinner and then it was back to the beach for another fire, but this time we had the "makings" for smores...which we had missed the night before! Another wonderful fire, some nice fireworks around the beach and many others out enjoying the beautiful evening. It was interesting to see the beach patrol really out patrolling, as there weren't suppose to be any fireworks on the beach - so they were up and down quite a bit. Our smores...ummmmm, quite tasty and the mess, well worth it! Now we have left over "makings" and plan to have them one night here at home with the fire pit...anyone want to join us!?!
Sunday was a sad day...we had to go home. After a great breakfast, we took our time and waited until the last minute before heading out...we wanted to get in every minute of the beach we could before having to say goodbye! It was a great weekend...and even if the weather wasn't sunny all the time, it was still awesome! And, from what we heard from the kids at home, they were all cooking, so I think we had it better anyway!
Now, we're home for a while, no particular plans for a while...a photo workshop in a week and probably another trip to Hayden as well as one to Moscow before the summer end. We hope this finds you all doing well and enjoying your summer...we must say, living in the Pacific Northwest in the summer is pretty darn good...the weather is just about ideal!
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