You Have This day!: Beach fun!

On Saturday, we visited the Northern Oregon Coast. I hadn't seen much of this before, and in previous posts, I showed what interested me most about these places on this day, with hungry short-legged children, and a nervous dog in tow. Astoria is a place with no shortage of photographic subjects, that's for sure. If I could have spent the day just walking up and down Commercial Street, I could have spent the whole day walking up and down Commercial street. And there are so many other places to check out. I mostly just really love the old architecture; most of it still unspoiled.

And when referring to my company that day, I really should say short-legged child. I have a feeling Lily would have been up for the entire ball of fun I had planned, so long as I kept her fed and watered. She's gotten to the age of being able to appreciate the scenery, and learn about the history behind it.

Ruby? Not so much. She did fully enjoy the Custard King, however. She'll get there. She's just... very... 9, at the moment. So, we made sure to include some things that wouldn't make her want to scale a wall, as well. We just scaled a big sand dune, instead! And while I did manage to find a few really interesting things last time, we still had fun on the beach and at a few stopping points between Portland, and Astoria.

Next time I go, I want to be sure the Astoria Column is open again, and I will concentrate on the Astoria-Megler bridge, as well. Lily and I have loose plans at this point for a mother and daughter weekend out there, so we can actually spend some time and see the things. All the things. Or at least more of the things.

Miss Lily, at the viewpoint overlooking the Columbia, and crossing to Longview.

Wild oats, at the mouth of the Columbia.

I'm calling this a Roarschach Mandala. Lily wandered into the surf with her rain boots on. They filled with water, and I emptied them for her, onto the sand. It made some fun textural patterns.