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Seaside or Bust

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While Scott was in Orcas for the weekend, we joined my parents, Lili and Chiu, my Aunt Daisy and my grandmother for a weekend getaway in Seaside, Oregon. Seaside is about 4.5 hours away (about 1.5 hours from Portland), right along the coast. The town was the same as I remember it from ages and ages ago - a quintessential beachy little community, stuck a little in the 70s/80s era with dim arcades, candy shops and tourist shops. It was a fun little getaway though, and the beach was great - wide with soft sand, and since the sun was out, actually warm enough to enjoy! 

Out beautiful view from the condo we rented.
 
Nora (and I!) enjoyed hanging out on the balcony.

Awesome views of the coast as we drove south towards Cannon Beach.
Selfie with my mom!
We did a pit stop at the Tillamook Cheese Factory.

Eating ice cream at the Tillamook cheese factory.

"Someone" enjoyed my chocolate dessert!

Enjoying Cannon Beach.


Beach selfies
 
Found a nice little log to hang out on.
 
This was the closest we came to a family photo.
Sigh. I don't know when we'll take a pic where we all look okay.





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