Going Coastal

This morning we woke early before the sunrise!

Then hit snooze ten times.

Then woke up again while the sun was rising, hit snooze another five times, and finally rolled out of bed at 8am.

Whatever.

We dressed, packed our cooler, and headed for the coast. Cannon Beach was our first stop on the list. It was still chilly, but we walked the beach out to Haystack Rock. I resisted taking off my shoes until we came to a stream outlet and I was forced to either get my socks wet or brave the cold sand. It was indeed cold.

Out by Haystack Rock is a tide pool that we wandered so that we could "ooo" and "aaah" at the few orange and purple star fish that had crammed themselves halfway under the large boulders. We took a path off the beach at the end of town closest to us and made our way back to our car, stopping for ice cream as we meandered through the little town.

We headed to Manzanita, south of Cannon Beach and had a good walk along the sand dunes there. Its nothing like Florence, but the dunes were still pretty. We walked through their tiny town as well and took a moment to stare at real estate fliers that we have no business staring at. Alex got an Americano at one of the coffee shops and we used the public restrooms (far inferior to those at Cannon Beach) before making the drive home, which I slept through.

It was a nice day for the beach. I never expect to be terribly warm when I head to the coast, so the fact that I never lost my jacket wasn't disappointing. Really, its my own fault for wearing capris and mesh shoes.

Time to check on the sweet potatoes I'm baking for dinner. I'll update when I do something else of interest, or next Sunday; whichever comes first.