A Day at the Beach

Last year, when we moved to Portland, on the night before my mom arrived here with Emily, Ken and I drove out to the coast and saw the ocean by moonlight. To commemorate our first year here, we decided to go to the beach again, and this time we made a day trip of it. We went to Seaside and let Emily play on the beach.

It started as a beautiful, sunshiny day. We flew our kite and looked for seashells, and kicked Emily's Princess Ball around a bit. Emily built a sand castle, and we all put our feet in the ocean. The water was COLD! And after a while the air started getting a little cool as well, but that was ok because we were getting tired and ready to eat lunch. On the way back up the beach, Emily decided she was ready for a turn on the swing set, and she played for a while with some other kids who were swinging as well.

We found a sand dollar to take home, ate fish and chips and the most delicious clam chowder, and then got a big bag of saltwater taffy (a necessary part of any trip to the beach.)