Our Vacation: Part Eight - Oregon Coast

Sunday we drove up the Oregon coast (about an hour from Eugene) to Washburne State Park. We've been to the coast before, but wanted to check out a new beach this time around. We got out of the car and were immediately hit by the change in temperature. While it had been in the low 90's in Eugene, the weather on the coast was around 54 degrees, windy and overcast. We tried to dress accordingly, but were all very cold from the get go. We started off at a picnic table having lunch, then walked down to the beach. Genevieve was so excited! She wanted to go in the water, but we quickly let her know it was way too cold and she agreed. She did enjoy exploring, looking for seashells, finding crab skeletons and one big, huge jellyfish. We didn't stay as long as we had hoped on the beach. It was just too dang cold as you can see from the pictures. So we drove a few miles down the road to the Sea Lion Caves. It was stinky, but the caves protected us from the cold wind. They pride themselves on being "The World's Largest Sea Cave", so you can imagine that it was quite a sight seeing a hundred (give or take) sea lions making a big ruckus. Afterwards we couldn't leave the coast without making a stop at Mo's for some clam chowder, which is sort of a tradition in Ollie's family. Despite the fact that the weather wasn't ideal, we had a great day on the coast!