A Few Hours of Ocean Therapy

It's Summer and it's hot!

We've been busy here with our usual activities plus the addition of a few Summer camps.  Spring temperatures were relatively mild and then came the heat of Summer.  It changed overnight, one day nice and 70ish, and the next 104 degrees F.  Uuugh is all I can say.

This time last year I was pregnant with our little babe, and not up for much adventuring.   We didn't do any trips to the beach, or much of anything for that matter.  While having children is a wonderful thing, I do not relish the preggo part.  I really like adventuring with my children, and it feels like I lose time with them because I feel so crummy, exhausted, huge etc...you get the point.  Anywhoo, I digress.

It is a bit of a long day trip for us to go to the coast.  What I've come to find though is that even just a day trip is so worth it!

This girl can jump, and make a friend anywhere!

 We headed to Whaleshead State Park Day Use Area.  This is one of my favorite places on the Oregon coast. It is a protected little cove like area.  The beach is flat, waves not too big, and some little nooks and crannies to explore.  Plus, the vault toilets are extremely clean.  A bonus!  My children are still a little scared of the vault, so that is always an experience.  Really...who likes a vault toilet.

Exploring a boulder cave.

Velella or By the Wind Sailor - An asymetrical jellyfish that floats on the surface of the ocean.  There were thousands mixed in with the beached sea grass and sea weed.

Such a vibrant green moss

The weather was cool, and the children played and played.  It was fun to see their little souls so free!  I think we all just needed a break from our home life, and this was just the adventure we needed.  The drive home through the Redwoods and deep canyons was peaceful...all three slept most of the way back....that never happens.

Maybe our souls need the ocean more often.