Exploring the Northwest Pacific Coast

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This weekend Jaron, Olivia, and I met up with our friends the Crosdales and went camping on the west coast. Our first campsite was at Long beach, Washington (about three hours away) and our second was Manzanita, Oregon (about an hour and a half south of our first spot).

It really was one of the funnest camp outs of all time! This entry is going to be a little detailed for Brown Family Adventure historic purposes, so feel free to skip to the pictures. Here we go:

Day 1: Jaron got off work at 1:00, so we arrived in Long beach about 4:30. After establishing our camp site and checking in, we jumped in our swimsuits and headed off for the beach. It was 90 degrees, so the cold water felt so good! The coolest part about long beach is that you can drive on the beach right next to the beautiful water! It was so fun. While Olivia and I played on the sand, Jaron atempted to surf in a really cruddy spot. Olivia loved the ocean. She sometimes would be playing discreetly int the sand and the tide would suddenly come up and knock her off her feet. At first she was shocked, but then she would giggle and point to the water. It think she secretly liked it. Apparently it was pretty bad surf, because twenty minutes later Jaron was back on shore playing with Olivia and me. We had so much fun playing in the water and just runnin around on the beach.

The Crosdale's arrived that night around 8:00 pm. After some roasted hot dogs, smors, and lots of laughter we were off to bed.

Day 2: I woke up so happy, because Olivia slept so good all night long!! Yay, thus we knew that camping could be done with her after all! After some delicious donuts and pineapple we packed up camp and headed off to the Oregon coast. We made a quick stop at long beach to have a little mario cart style race with Rick and Eva on the beach. It was so fun! Jaron and Rick were anxious to paddle out so with out further adieu they embarked into the waves while Eva, Paco, Liv, and I hung out on the beach. After a few hours, Olivia was getting tired. Have no fear we had the tad pole! So we set it up and while she took a nap, Rick and Eva were kind enough to hang out so that I could try out my new mothers day present, a beautiful wet suit!!

Jaron and I surfed for about an hour together. He basically just pushed me into waves. It was soo fun! My wet suit kept me so warm, and it made the cold pacific coast, not so scary. We stayed to the inside and the waves were perfect for me. Nice and small, just how I like them. :) Really this was the funnest part of the trip for me. Thanks to Rick and Eva for watching Liv, it really felt like a little surfing date. It was so fun. I only wish we had pictures!! Oh wait no I don't because that would mean a picture of me in a wet suite. Yuck!

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After all our surfing fun, we laid on the beach for a little while and warmed up. Next we were off to find our next sleep place. We found a beautiful campsite just a few minutes away from Oswald west, where we enjoyed the biggest hot dogs I've ever seen in my life, some warm chili, salad, and smors. Sunday morning, bright and early, we woke up and were on our way back home to real life.

The Oregon coast is absolutely gorgeous! I can't wait to get back there. We've made a goal to go camping at least once a month this summer! Anyone want to come??