12 Year Anniversary

Ken and I were able to take a night to celebrate our 12 year anniversary. My parents were gracious enough to take our kiddos and we headed north. I have always wanted to visit the Northern Coast. We decided to camp at Cape Lookout. When we arrived it was full, but because of some bad weather the night before a few people had canceled. Cape Lookout is a fairly big campground but the campsites are really close together. It was nice to be really close to the ocean, but not so great to be so close to a group of drunk college students all night.  

The weather ended up being really nice in that there was hardly any wind as usually there is as evidenced by the tree below. 

The next day we woke up early to along the beach and then headed north. We stopped briefly in Oceanside. I thought that it had a pretty beach and it was amusing to me how the houses were built straight up the hillside.

We then visited the lighthouse at Cape Meares. It was a cute little lighthouse and had a great view of the ocean.
Ken thought it was silly that I wanted to stop at the Tillamook Cheese Factory, until he found out that they had 38 flavors of ice cream. He chose white licorice and wild mountain blackberry. They also had samples of cheese. The extra sharp was my favorite. 

We then went to Cannon Beach. This was a really fun beach with a lot to do. The weather was beautiful when the sun came out. Every year they have a sand castle competition. It had been the weekend before we arrived, but I would love to take the kids sometime in the future.

The last beach we explored was Oswald West. This is a really fun beach and apparently a favorite of surfers. When we arrived there were over 100 surfers. It was fun to watch them, but we kept thinking you really have to love surfing to get out in the cold Oregon water.