As the Days Go On

Day 3 of my favorite days of summer was on the 25th of July.

7/25/14

The only day of the week that I don't work is Friday, so my family tries to do something eventful every week, and this time we decided to go to the beach. Hannah and I had been two times before, one time before Dan got back from college, and another on the 4th of July with Dan and some friends. We discovered this part of the coast because a friend of ours (Jeremy, the same one who we're going to LA with in less than a week) is building a beach house there. Compared to two of the more popular beaches in Oregon: Seaside and Canon Beach, Pacific City is less crowded, and you can drive your car on the beach! I wouldn't recommend driving it on the soft sand if your car doesn't have 4-wheel drive, though. Here are some pictures I took through out the trip:

Dan was sleeping and the lighting was amazing, so I took advantage of the opportunity haha. 

 

Some more pictures of Hannah and Daniel. We played (more like tried to play) frisbee earlier, but the wind made it really difficult. Not that it stopped us from trying to perfect our forehands, though. More than half the time was spent chasing down the disc haha. The frisbee we always use is one that Dan got from a science bowl tournament in high school. Normally it is a somewhat opaque white color which turns into a vibrant purple when in the presence of UV light. It's pretty cool. 

The weather was very nice despite the wind; hardly any clouds in the sky! I regretted not bringing my sunglasses.

There is a huge sand dune that you can hike up to get an awesome view of the coast line. However, this picture does not do it justice. There are other objects in the picture for scale, but it looks much bigger in person.

Hannah and Dan are shell scavengers in their spare time...

Seagulls.

More seagulls.

Here, you can see how few people were on the beach when we came! It's been like this all 3 times I've been here, which makes it our number one go-to beach site now. 

Bonus ladybug.

We ended up having a great time at the beach with minimal burns (I say this because the first time we went, we all ended up with sunburns) and some new, fond memories. My mom and dad stayed fairly close to the car the whole time in their lawn chairs while Hannah, Dan, and I hiked up the sand dune about a mile or so away. It ended up taking a while, so my mom got worried and made my dad drive them towards the dune in search for us. On our way back our car got stuck in the sand (which is why I mentioned at the beginning that I wouldn't recommend driving your car on the unwet portions of sand if you don't have 4-wheel drive) and all of us had to get out and push the car until we got to the more compacted areas. Haha it was quite an adventure,  but not one that I think I would want to repeat too soon.