Showing posts with label Newport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newport. Show all posts

Sunday, July 18, 2010

The Beach!

What's a trip to Newport without Nye Beach!?! We were lucky enough to go twice - sunset on Saturday and then again before lunch on Sunday. Saturday was high tide. The boys loved chasing the waves and climbing on the rocks.

Bayley developed a new hobby - sand drawing. It began with his name...and then moved on to animals and maps. From the balcony of our room we could see some great sand drawings - like Squidward!


Grace was all about the sand. She even laid down in it a couple of times! It made for an interesting bath time.


When we hiked down on Sunday, we were excited to find it was low tide. This made it easier to see the sea anenomes and for Hayden to catch horseshoe crabs.




Jeff & Bayley decided to climb across the beach along a bunch of craggy boulders. I was quite glad when they both made it down in one piece!

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Oregon Coast Aquarium

While in Newport this weekend we had a great trip to the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Hayden was very impressed with the shark tunnel, Bayley was more interested in the jellyfish. We thought for sure Grace would nap through it since she didn't nap on the 2 1/2 hour drive, and she didn't nap at lunch...but she made it all the way through to her favorite part -- the climbing sculptures at the end.



We went on Saturday, which I can't say I reccomend. For me, the zoo, aquarium and the like are for kids. When adults elbow them out of the way, I tend to get a bit snide in my commentary.