Cannon Beach

Last weekend I had a conference for work up in Cannon Beach, Oregon. We decided to be brave and take Sasha on her first airplane ride at 10 months old. She did great! I was really nervous on our flight up there that she was going to scream the whole time and completely annoy all the other passengers, but she didn't! She didn't sleep like I hoped she would, either. But she was a good kid. She loves to go to new places so I think she had fun. The weather on Saturday and Sunday was beautiful! On our way out to the beach from Portland we stopped at a couple of road-side farmer markets and got some fresh fruits and veggies to snack on. I had the best strawberries I have ever tasted! These even beat Costco strawberries! There were so juicy and just soft enough, not mushy. Oh! I wish I could have brought a flat of them home.
Cannon Beach is a cute little beach town with lots of fun shops and places to eat. We drove up the coast a little ways to Seaside and went to the aquarium there. It was small but there was some cool fish and stuff there.
Monday I had a meeting all day so Josh and Sasha went out and played on the beach a little. Sasha loved the beach!!! She had a lot of fun playing in the sand. I can't wait until we go to California in December, it will be so much fun.
Here are some pics from our little family trip . . .

Eating pancakes at McDonalds. This kid LOVES pancakes!


Haystack Rock was right outside our hotel window. Yes, this is the rock that was in Goonies, though in the movie they are looking at it from the other direction.

Sasha crawling around in the hotel room

Eating more pancakes at the Wayfarer restaurant. Josh took her there on Monday morning and she was entertaining everyone in the restaurant, clapping her hands, waving. This girl is a complete ham and loves attention!

Checking out some of the cool plants and things at the aquarium

They let you buy some fish to feed to the seals. Sasha wasn't real sure about them at first. Then one of them splashed her because she wasn't throwing anything in and then Sasha was done with the seals. These guys were pretty demanding. They figured if you were going to stand there and stare at them then you had better feed them something or else!

It was a fun trip, but it is definitely a different experience traveling with a kid!