While in Oregon, we had the opportunity to rent a house in the coastal town of Manzanita.
It was such a quaint town. One main drag that consisted of a few restaurants, a couple of coffee shops, some little boutiques, a family owned (read expensive) grocery store, a fun Friday night Farmer's Market.
The house we rented was perfect for us. Larger than needed, nicely equipped and decorated. They had bikes that we could use, beach toys, chairs, etc. It was a 5 minute walk to the beach and about 10 to the main street. We walked everywhere. I fell in love with bike riding while there, maybe a new hobby was born.
The beach is not like our beach! It was COLD and windy! Chase was not too fond. You don't wear a swimsuit, you bundle up. Like with your hood tied around your head! But, it was gorgeous! So beautiful with the green mountains coming right down to the beach.
I could see us going back there. Don't know about John...he's not much for repeat trips.
{One of the days while beach walking, this what Chase insisted upon...wrapped in a towel along with fall type clothing}
{The dunes reminded us of the East Coast}
On Saturday afternoon we got to watch Adam finish his 200 mile relay race, Hood to Coast. That was really fun to see. His work participated in this for profit race. He ran 3 legs for a total of about 18 miles. They were a team of 12 and it sounded like quite a team building experience.
{Here you can see Adam nearing the finish line, he is in a blue shirt and white headband}
After the race, Adam and Rachel joined us at our beach house for the night. We had a great time relaxing with them. Adam took Monday off of work, so we asked the homeowner if we could tack on an extra night, but we couldn't. Instead, she let us stay there all day Sunday, not having to check out at 11, for free! So we had a nice day...we went up to a close-by state park, called Ecola State Beach. It was lovely. We went on a 1 mile hike or so. Chase walked almost the whole way.
{We told Chase all about Bigfoot as we were driving there. We even asked the park ranger as we paid if he'd been spotted recently, he said the day before! She had fun looking for him the whole time}
Oregon was great! It was a new state for me to visit. I'm glad we'll have more opportunities over time to visit and get to know the area.
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