Quick trip to the beach

We wanted to get a headstart on the weekend so as soon as I got off work, we took advantage of everyone being home and the weather on the coast being nice.  We loaded up and headed west.  I wanted to check out the town of Neskowin since we had never been there before.  We didn't like it.  The community has you park east of town; then you have to walk through town past all the businesses, over the dunes, and then down to the beach.  Nope.  No thanks.  We packed up and drove a smidge south to Lincoln City where you can park right next to the beach and you can spread out and secure a piece of beach all to yourself.

 God's Thumb

The kids love the beach.  It was keeping them close that was the problem.  Like any kids, each of them had their own opinion of what constituted a good time.  Definitely tricky keeping an eye on everyone.

Anyway, we walked north along Roads End Beach to Roads End Point.  The tide was low enough that we walked around the point to the hidden pocket beach beneath God's Thumb.  It's a great place and we had the place to ourselves.  Gradually, the clouds rolled in around sunset and we started hiking out.

The twins crashed hard on the hike out.  They got cold and sandy and tired and rashy in a big hurry.  Fortunately, they slept the entire drive home.

 I love this picture.  It's a perfect capture of the kids.  Zephyr is being goofy, Zoë isn't smiling, and Emma is trying to get Zoë to smile!