What I did on my summer holidays (part 1)
Categories: nature, travelPosted on July 19th, 2007 | 5 Comments | RSS feed
My husband, daughter and I just got back from a week on the Oregon coast. We had a wonderful time, and I couldn’t resist sharing some of my favourite photos from the trip (please ignore the tipping horizons):
Before the fireworks, July 4, Long Beach, Washington
Looking down on Cannon Beach from Ecola Park (I think)
Wind-blown sand on the beach near Seal Rock, Oregon (we stayed in a cottage near here)
One day we walked about 2-3 miles down the beach to these volcanic rocks and tidal pools
My daughter rescued this star fish, which was buried in the sand, and released it on a tidal pool rock
Yaquina Head lighthouse in the fog (I’ve had a lighthouse story brewing in the back of my mind for a few years, and my inspiration was renewed as I climbed up the 110 steps of the lighthouse tower)
My daughter loves the ocean and the sand
Me trying to climb a sand dune south of Florence Oregon (it was higher and steeper than it looks!)
We were lucky to have at least one evening when the fog cleared enough for us to see the sunset
July 19th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Beautiful photos. I like the one of you heroically trying to crawl up the sand dune. Reminds me of the Andrew Wyeth painting, Christina I think.
Summer is wonderful. I wish we all lived in France and took l-o-n-g vacations to enjoy it. I’ve always had a secret desire to run away to a seaside town, like Monsieur Hulot, and fiddle away the days.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:52 am
What beautiful photos of beautiful beaches.
July 20th, 2007 at 9:50 am
Wow – so similar yet different from the coast of Maine. Would have liked to see the left coast sometime.
July 20th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
If it is said pictures are worth a thousand words, then you must indeed have many memories and story ideas. I liked the pic of D and the footprints in the sand.
Being by the sea, what a treat!
July 27th, 2007 at 8:56 am
What a beautiful series of photos! I have been to Westport, WA and their beach was beautiful, but these beaches are even more so. I’m sending Shelby over to see your photos, she loves Oregon!
I love the photos of your daughter making footprints in the sand and of your efforts to climb the dunes.