The kids had such a blast camping. They loved sleeping in the tent and playing outside. I had a struggle at first with all the dirt! I tried to keep their hands and faces clean and dirt free at all times but by the end it was almost pointless! I just had to keep reminding myself 'we are camping, camping is dirty and it's okay!'
We only drove three to four hours each day once we were on the coast and most of that time we were going on hikes and seeing new things. We would have a good stretch of driving in the afternoon and the kids (and co-captain) would get great naps during that drive. Ty and Mara were such troopers the entire trip. No melt-downs or problems! They are great little travelers and perfect little happy campers!
We stayed the night near Florence Oregon at Jesse Honeyman State Park. A really beautiful campground near a nice lake. We were hoping to go out on the paddle boats or canoes, but they weren't open when we were there! But we had went for a lovely walk around the lake.
We were only four hours from home and the thought of being back to reality really made us want to delay our return home! We visited Strawberry Hill Stake Park on the way home and saw awesome tide pools. We even saw from a close distance seals basking in the sun on a rock. The pictures don't do justice for the beauty we saw.
We had a lovely little picnic along the bank of the Beaver Creek. We watched dragon flies fly around and fish jump from the river.
Our final hurrah before we made it home was a stop at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport. We saw an octopus, jelly fish, and all other kinds of sea creatures. There were many touch tanks full of sea life that the kids loved getting their hands in.
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