Beat the heat!

Well, this has been a heat wave of a week! In the hundreds most of the week and boy was it miserable...to escape the heat we went to Pacific City for the night this past Monday.....what a great, short trip!....of course we were with Gretchen and Jeff and their kids. We go to the coast and it was cooool 75 degrees and sunny. Gretchy hooked us up with sweet hike to start things off....the kids loved it! That is the great thing about our kids, they love the outdoors and attack hikes with such excitement. Julia, Michael and La took off with Uncle Jeff and ran the first 2 miles to the coast...I was left to stroll with Gretch, Cammy, Ruby, Harrison, Max and Jackson. What a great start to the trip! It was very cool underneath the shade of the Oregon coast forest.

Max even found a snake!


When we finally got to the bluff, the scenery of the cliffs and ocean were breathtaking...we had been here about 15 years earlier (this exact place)...no kids were involved then....and the beauty was still there...truly stuck in time.

After the 4 plus mile hike we went straight to check into our campsite....then it was off to dunes! Our kids love this place so much...they never seem to tire of climbing this huge dune and finding the hole of a fort they call their own....Hobbitville. It is there play imagination and pretend they are hidden from the world...these guys really know how to have fun! On one of the sides of the dune there are about 4 foot drops where the kids show off their skills in catching some air. Even Harrison got into the act...these kids are fearless!

After reclaiming the fort and jumping they then headed straight to the ocean to cool off. The weather had to be the best weather that I can ever remember for Oregon...hot, but not to hot and no wind...a rarity, if you are from Oregon...you know what I mean...you can lose some serious skin from being sand blasted if you show up on the wrong day at the Oregon coast...Now back to the water games...the kids love playing chicken with the waves...running to and fro trying to steer clear of the little waves as they came in and out....Uncle Jeff help Max and Jelly find some cool starfish….they felt pretty cool as everyone that past wanted to take their pictures. (for those people that are worried about all living things, these starfish were not harmed and were set free within the hour..).
While all of this was happening Cammy and Gretch lounged on the beach like two house cats...some things never change! They were happy though and that is all the matters in this world....right?

Then at night we fired up the pit to roast some good'ol marshmallows and hotdogs..You are never too old for a s'more!
Thanks to the Grubbe's we sleep like kings....all in all we had a blast!...and many memories were had...as we traveled home that next day within 10 minutes of heading inland the temperature rose to 110! Crazy heat!...I do not know how you guys in AZ handle this type heat all of time.
Until next time Cape Kiwanda! We love you!