Oregon Coast

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The best thing about living where we do is how easily accessible the mountains and the ocean are. I woke up this morning, saw that our day was wide open and totally decided on a whim to take the kids to the beach. It's been triple-digit-warm here the last few days and a cool day at the beach sounded like a great respite from the heat. Less than an hour later, we were packed up and on the road.

Gearhart is this wonderful, quiet little beach town just two miles north of the busy and loud Seaside, Oregon. We love Gearhart for many reasons, one of which being that you can drive onto the beach which made it very easy for me to manage the two kids on my own today. I'm sure we were quite the sight as I loaded up the wagon with Thomas and carried Meredith in the sling. It was easy to find ourselves a quiet little area to eat our lunch and play in the sand. Very relaxing and enjoyable for this mama!

Afterwards we stopped in crazy Seaside for a minute and Thomas caught sight of the carrousel. He said he wanted to ride it but when it came right down to it (and fortunately just minutes before it started to move), he passed. Maybe we'll do that on our next visit.