Showing posts with label Cannon Beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cannon Beach. Show all posts

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Seaside

For spring break we went down the Oregon Coast to Seaside for some windy coast fun. 
The end of the Lewis & Clark Trail in Seaside

At Saltworks where Lewis and Clark's company boiled salt water to get salt for their journey home


Low tide looking for Sand Dollars

This is how close Naomi would come










Rachel got one!

Cannon Beach at low tide






Lots of velella velella or blue sailing jelly fish that were safe to touch






It started POURING right as we got to the car to leave.

Dinner at our Hotel Suite overlooking the coast
Enjoying the hotel hot tub and pool



We climbed the Astoria Column


Way too windy at the top. We were almost blown away.

Visiting Fort Clatsop, where Lewis & Clark quartered for the rainy winter. 

Hannah likes the dog



Becoming junior rangers

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Cannon Beach Tide Pools

We woke up EARLY in the morning to make it out to Cannon Beach for the low tide to see the tide pools at Haystack Rock. It was so much fun. We saw starfish, anemones, urchins, crabs, snails, fish, shrimp, mussels, clams...so many fun things.
We had to walk a long way through the blustery Winnie the Pooh type winds, but thankfully it wasn't raining.

At high tide, this area around Haystack rock is all under water.
Mussels on top, starfish all around and all the dark area is closed up anemones.




Hannah was so brave and touched every thing.



Rachel followed Hannah's lead.


Naomi was a little more apprehensive and did not care for the wind at all.




Hannah had so much fun running through and jumping over all the little pools and trenches.
Ashley found a crab living in a sea shell.



We all had a blast, but I'd say Ashley had the most fun exploring the pools. 
Ashley was a great finder.
I tried to get Rachel to take a picture with the purple starfish, her favorite color, but only Hannah would.
Wind ravaged Naomi's starting to come around.

Dancing starfish



 The girls were great explorers and Naomi was such the little trooper. What fun getting to see the beautiful sea life in their natural habitat.