Ocean Shores

The third day of our vacation, we said goodbye to our rental house. I still miss the beautiful coastal decor! We decided to spend the day in Ocean Shores, WA. There was a fair going on while we were there and it was the busiest any of us had ever seen it. The convention center was full of booths selling or showing things and the parking lot had rows of concession stands. There were kites everywhere of course. It was the day of their annual sandcastle building competition as well as chainsaw carving. I think they call it their "Sand and Sawdust Festival."

Goodbye beautiful house. If anyone is interested in the info for this rental property, here is the link. Even if you aren't interested, go ahead and visit the site if you want to see how beautiful and spacious this home is!


One of many chainsaw carvers.


Hungry?


Our nephew B with a "world famous" elephant ear.


The cutest member of The Red Hat Society I've seen yet. The hair piece is beautiful and you know how I LOVE crochet!





You can't really tell how big these kites are by looking at the photo. I'd say the highest one was as big as a car!


We also visited the jetty but I decided to leave my camera behind once again, so all I have is this photo taken from our parking spot.


When we got back and Bri was dressed in clean dry clothes, she thought Petra's kennel was a little home to explore.


Brave girl!


I love that face!

Her smile in this photo is so contagious. Look at Petra's tongue too!

Waiting patiently for dinner, all crammed into a four person booth!


YUMMY! You just have to eat seafood when you are at the ocean. We ate at a little hole-in-the-wall restaurant that is SO GOOD! I'd go back for sure. The restaurant is in the back of a seafood market so they serve very fresh seafood!






Goodbye for now! We want to come back soon.

Seabrook Part 2

Here's a little video I put together of Petra playing on the beach. :) No towels were ruined in the making of this video.

Sallad and Petra check out the water while The Mr. stays bundled up and dry.


I loved looking down the beach and seeing the mist. To the people a mile away, that is probably how it looked at our part of the beach. I guess that is why your camera lens ends up with salt dust on it. Next time we go to the beach I plan to bring my OLD camera!


Bri loves the sand and had fun climbing up and down this little dune.





Bri is so brave around Petra.


J4 and SB are great friends.


Some interesting sea life on a log Petra was chewing.


Proof the sun came out.


Bri got hold of a large bull kelp and walked around dragging it behind her. It looked like she was whipping people with it, even her grandma!


SB's parents. The Mr's sister and brother in law.




I love how the trees are permanently blown away from the ocean.




A jellyfish just a little bigger than a silver dollar.




Some went for a swim, I just sat on the sidelines!








The next day the sun was out! It was such a treat to see the beautiful blue sky against the green water and white waves. I didn't take my camera on the beach this time, so all these shots were taken from the top of the stairs. A nice safe distance from all that grit!




A lot of people swam. I only made it up to my knees, but regretted not going further!






Seabrook has so many old style cute homes.




How everyone warmed up after the frigid ocean water.


The view from the third floor- where the Mr. and I stayed. Not only was it a games room and toy area, there were two day beds and a huge sectional couch.


One thing we could have used was more seating!


S'mores!