Since Cordell had a week off for the Thanksgiving holiday, we decided to make a trip of it. The coast was the plan, from Bandon to Brookings. Many people told us the weather is very unpredictable and could be great when the weather here is bad. We took the risk and struck out! It was very rainy, cold and windy, but we made the best of it. When we got brave and warm, we would stop at a beach that we were driving by and wait for the rain to let up just a bit. We would get out and run and explore until the next storm burst. The kids still had a lot of fun. Ethan thought we would blow away and cried and clung to us the first day for many of our stops. It was so windy that as we parked the car to look at the views, the car would rock bak and forth. Fun, Fun! I think will take our vacation days in the summer from now on. So many beautiful things to see, but not so great to see in the pouring wind and rain. We were thankful to have a safe warm vehicle as our refuge, and motels to dry off in and relax at night.
This was our 2nd and last night. We decided to splurge and get a Motel right on the beach since we couldn't really be out to enjoy it, at least we had the sounds and view from our room. This was a little excursion in the morning before packing up.
An explanation: we drove 4 miles on a muddy dirt road, stopping to move branches that had blown in our way. Just as we were about to turn around at a fallen tree, we saw our destination! The trailhead to the Oregon Redwoods. We didn't hike the trail because it was too cold and soggy, but we did enjoy the beautiful surroundings all to ourselves. This was our covert from the storm! We found some great slugs under here!
We found this little cave to get out of the wind. Ethan finally stopped crying...until we had to make a break for it back to the car and the wind and rain really picked up. It was a cool beach though!
You can see here how Ethan was clinging for dear life in fear that we would all blow away!
This was our 2nd and last night. We decided to splurge and get a Motel right on the beach since we couldn't really be out to enjoy it, at least we had the sounds and view from our room. This was a little excursion in the morning before packing up.
An explanation: we drove 4 miles on a muddy dirt road, stopping to move branches that had blown in our way. Just as we were about to turn around at a fallen tree, we saw our destination! The trailhead to the Oregon Redwoods. We didn't hike the trail because it was too cold and soggy, but we did enjoy the beautiful surroundings all to ourselves. This was our covert from the storm! We found some great slugs under here!
We found this little cave to get out of the wind. Ethan finally stopped crying...until we had to make a break for it back to the car and the wind and rain really picked up. It was a cool beach though!
You can see here how Ethan was clinging for dear life in fear that we would all blow away!
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