Vaca Part 2: Portland and Cannon Beach

Early in the morning Wes went to get a new tire, and Ender desperately wanted to go with him. So, off they went. The night before we had searched for the closest and cheapest place near our hotel for him to take the car, and with my directions, off they went. Evidently it was quite the adventure as they had to wait for about an hour for the tire to be done and decided to go for a walk and look for food. Let's just say-not the best part of town. They walked past a lot of things that made Wes glad that Ender cannot read yet!

After they returned, we drove the hour or so to Cannon Beach. On the way we stopped for a few minutes to see the nation's tallest Sitka spruce. Then continued on to the beach. It was a great time! We spent the day there and just came back to sleep. While we were there, Wes bought a skim board and we all took turns playing on it (Wes really got pretty good by the end). It was great-I will just go ahead and let the pics speak for themselves here:

Nation's largest/Oldest Sitka Spruce (Oldest living "being" in the country it said)

Frolicking in the Pacific

Cannon Beach-Haystack Rock in the backgroundFirst steps in the ocean this trip-Wes pointed out that he was in the ocean in Hawaii when he was 5-months-old.! So cute!! (He LOVED it!!)Don't know if you can tell, but she wrote her name, Solace, in the sand.
Ender wrote E's in the sand! Ah the skim board

Here is Wes on his favorite new toy. Wonder if he can use it on the Spokane river?!
Check out Ender!! He yelled "Johnny Tsunami" every time he got on, and now thinks he is an expert surfer! Hilarious!!
Our little princess on the board. When Wes told her she could do this everyday if we had matched in Hawaii, she was SO mad that he didn't match there and asked if we could try the match again this year to go to Hawaii...
Everyone insisted on having a turn, right down to the littlest who in whoville...
Yes, even mommy tried-nice form, huh?! Yeah, I know I'm a babe... :)