Wet Break 2012

Since we'll be in Puerto Rico for 2 weeks in June, we decided not to do anything too big for Spring Break.  Given the weather, that was probably a good choice.  The kids had a nice 2 night sleepover at Yaya and Papa Ron's during the week and I took off Thursday and Friday to hang out with them.  Thursday and Friday were pretty slow and uneventful which is just what I needed after a busy couple months at work.

Friday night after Luis got home from work we took off for our annual Spring Break beach trip.  We knew not to expect too much from the weather and were prepared to make the best of it.  And after a torrential downfall on the drive down, our hopes weren't up high at all for dry weather.  And then there was some snafu involving someone forgetting the key to the condo, having to call the office, all of us standing outside for 10 minutes at 9 PM on a Friday night, and that said someone eventually finding the key in her purse.  But we won't go into that.

Saturday morning we had breakfast at our usual haunt the Spouting Horn in Depoe Bay.  The waitress is always the same and recognizes us when we come in since it's at least 4 times a year.  Mason made a full itinerary before we left so next stop on the list was Agate Beach.  And believe it or not, it wasn't even raining! We all played a little game of tag with the ocean waves.

There's actually a lighthouse there somewhere.  In person it looked really pretty.

After walking around Agate beach, we went down to Newport and walked around the historic bayfront.

This was the only sea lion that was there to visit with us on this trip, though he was rather entertaining for a few minutes.

Water view of the Newport bridge and bayfront.  Oh, and Luis & the kids of course.

Then the hat tour commenced:

I assume these hoodie keychains are a Treyvon Martin shout out.

And the hat tour continues! Siena's facial expression matches that of the Oregon Duck.

Indian Mason!

Not too intimidating on Siena.

After we got back to the beach house, it was time to bust out the kites that Lucinda and Deb gave the kids for Christmas! Siena's is the one toward the front and Mason's a little further out.

The kite pro herself!

Mason had a little trouble starting out.

But then he got the hang of it!  We got some good wind and the kites flew great.

While we were flying kites, Luis went clamming.  Here's his catch.  Why yes, that is one clam.

This morning we spent a fair amount of time lounging around, trying to will the weather to improve and waiting for the tide to go out.  The tide finally receded a little so we went to Devil's Punchbowl as per Mason's itinerary.  It was cold, windy, and rainy.  And the tide was still in too much to see any marine life.  It was a good adventure nonetheless.

Visiting a lighthouse was also on Mason's list but they closed the Yacquina lighthouse due to the strong wind so we headed home.

Less you think I was joking about the amount of rainfall we've had, here's a shot of the highway in Corvallis we passed on the way home.  So much for a 2 lane highway.  We saw many full rivers so this flooding wasn't much of a surprise.

For some reason, the drive home from the beach always seems to take so much longer than the drive there.  For me it's probably because I'm thinking of all the stuff I have to do at home when we finally get there.  Regardless, we made it and it's time to start another crazy week.