OK a warning this is a verrrry long post. But I had such a good time. I love the mossy trees of the Oregon coast
There is quite a pleasant 1/2 mile path down to the beach from the parking lot. Stream trickling by the side and LOTS and LOTS of trees, ferns and other primordial seeming growth (big grin)
Of course we had to have a pose inside one of the tree trunks on the way down
Ah the ocean! Can't you just smell it? We joined other families with their kids and dogs, surfers, although the waves weren't really much but there was plenty and plenty of space for all
It really was just about a perfect day especially since it was a bit foggy and overcast, ie, not too hot or bright.
We had some rock and sand throwing
Some beauty posing
Of course some picture taking and chats
Some splashing... if you click on this picture to make it bigger you can see he actually got me this time (see the little splashes on the camera at the top left side) This was quite fun!!! (but not too encouraged ;-) )
Some seaweed popping
And of course we found the best stick in the whole world for drawing and throwing and pretend surfing
Speaking of surfers. Isaiah stopped dead in his tracks to watch these two going out to catch some waves. He was really mesmerized by their preparations
I really liked the designs in this little rock
found somemore rocks to make sand faces with
Nothing like sitting on mom's lap eating sandy food and teasing big sister
Of course our trip would not have been complete without spotting an Oregon slug on the trek back up to the car
Brennan desperately wanted his camera (which was left in the car and he was really a good sport about it)
We found a great fallen tree to pose under on the way back up
And this is where we were! I have to come back!!!!
So I took this picture Saturday but this is what the lake has looked like all week. Those bouys that you see in the middle of the picture are actually located on narrow one lane wide walkway out to the trees. Folks usually are out on the path fishing. The paved path is normally about 5-7 feet above the water.
We tried to go on our normal hike yesterday and our path was under water in several places so we had to detour. 2 of our normal 4 hikes are closed because they are under lake water. This particular path is by the lodge and goes in a paved loop near the lake
See the boat ramp out there. You usually walk DOWN to it. It is not normally floating horizontally. The sign also indicates just how covered up everything is.
Hard to see but in the distance is a sign off in the middle that marks part of our daily hiking trail. We had to back track and hike above on the yellow blaze trail. We are going to try another hike today to see if we can get around the lake in some other places and take some more shots. We got another 3 inches of rain yesterday, but when we talked to folks before that rainfall that hike was not flooded. We'll see today. No rain predicted this week.
I took this shot at lunch time on Wednesday, when Wood mentioned I had better go take a look. The boat launch is under water as you can tell from how buried the trees are out there.
We finally got the deck , benches and planters done. Last weekend when Anne was here I took some pictures but never had time to post them - we were having too much fun hanging out with Bry and Emerson and shopping. :-). Anyway Wood had a great idea to replace the benches we had in the front before with planters. I LOVE them
We also filled in the little triangle with deck as it wraps around the house, so now we have another seating area to get some rod iron furniture for :-)
OK a warning this is a verrrry long post. But I had such a good time. I love the mossy trees of the Oregon coast
Brennan desperately wanted his camera (which was left in the car and he was really a good sport about it)
