A Tour of the Area

Today we decided to take a drive around the area. Our first stop was Yaquina Bay lighthouse.

I love lighthouses

There was lots of wildlife to enjoy

I love the rugged Oregon coast

The clan

Zach unfortunately was too small to climb the lighthouse steps and was very upset about this. I quickly had to leave to prevent him from getting too loud while the others made the climb. Hayley thinks that her calves may be hurting her tomorrow!

The view from the bottom to the top

The view from the top of the lighthouse

Looking down

After everyone had climbed the lighthouse and of course taken a potty break we headed down to an inlet in the bay. We were excited to see some sea creatures.

Sea Lions

Zach thought the sea lions were interesting

We then headed into Newport for a very late lunch and then headed back. We took a quick turn in the hot tub before making dinner. We decided that we would head on down to the beach to see the sunset, but unfortunately it decided to rain before we headed out. We probably should have sucked it up anyway.

The rest of the evening was spent playing games. Olivia got quite upset when she used up all her Uno cards and didn't have anymore to play with. I guess that I didn't explain clearly enough that you've won the game when you do that! Thomas truly got into the Rasmussen cheating spirit by giving himself all the best cards. sadly, our kids inherit both the bad and the good sometimes!