Day at Cannon Beach

The next day we headed down to Cannon Beach, a few short minutes south of Seaside. While looking up things to do on our trip I read about Sandacastle Day, an event they have on a certain Saturday in June, depending on the tides. we were unbelievably excited to learn that we would be in Seaside the day of the event.

Not knowing anything about it other than it tends to get crowded, we left early in the morning and got to the beach hours before the crowd comes. When the tides are low the beach gets super wide, allowing cars to drive right on the beach. Mckay was loving the fact that our first off road adventure in the Xterra was on the beach.

We spent most of the day walking along the beach, enjoying the sun, exploring the tidepools and admiring the Sandcastle builders at work. This might have just been my most favorite day.

The Sandcastles were quite impressive to say the least. although most of them turned out to be something other than an actual sandcastle, like a budha, a pyramid, or an octopus.

After spending hours at the beach and with the crowds getting bigger we called it a day. We had quite a drive ahead of us so we couldnt stay to see the finished products.

The drive up the coast and into washington was beautiful. everything was so green and we drove through the cutest little seaside villages. We took the bridge in Astoria over the water and into WashingtonRiding this bridge was almost like a roller coaster. It was narrow and high with water on both sides. it gave me butterflies.

We arrived in Seattle in the evening and were so happy to find a Chipotle minutes from our hotel.