September Camping at the Coast

We decided very last minute with some friends to go camping at the coast the weekend after labor day.  We were so lucky to get gorgeous and super warm weather in September this year and decided we couldn't pass up the opportunity after a crazy, not as fun as we hoped summer, to get out to the coast and enjoy some sunshine, nature and family time with good friends.  We love the Gardiner's! They are a blast.

The boys of course absolutely LOVE camping (making all their Daddy's dreams come true) and they had a great time digging in the sand at the coast and playing in the water.  We camped out at Cape Lookout Friday night and headed up Saturday afternoon (after a brief, but satisfying stop at the Cheese Factory for some cheese samples and delicious ice cream), to Oswald Park/Short Sands beach.  It was GORGEOUS.  We stayed until dark and ate BBQ beef sandwiches in the parking lot before finally giving in to the fun and relaxing weekend and headed back in to Portland.  It was a really nice and much needed little get away, and was our first trip with our new Sequoia... and it definitely passed the test.  Now for the pictures:

 My goofy little boys.  We set up most of the campsite and good food (seriously, we ate some good camp food!) around the Gardiner's site... hence the bare table and campsite shown here.

Saturday morning at Cape Lookout campsite beach... it was pretty foggy most of the morning.

It was an 80 degree, beautiful day a few miles up at Short Sands beach

From inside a cool cave on the beach we found

Here's John pulling the boys on the boogie board through the water.... they thought it was so much fun... Jackson has no fear of the water.  I love it.

 Jackson insisted we burry him in the sand... I was happy to oblige.

 Our little Missionary/Gumby

 This was as far as Bear was willing to be buried.

 Jackson found a stick and loved drawing pictures and his name in the sand

Gorgeous sunset- this one just might end up on our wall at home.

The man that Brittany made

Goodbye gorgeous, beautiful beach... thank you for a wonderful day!