Camping at Nehalem State Park

The weekend after Labor Day weekend we headed to Nehalem State Park on the Oregon Coast right near Manzanita. We had a great weekend of weather and warm temperatures. Even at night it was fairly warm. Seth's dad went on a 10-day motorcycle ride while we were on this trip, so we brought our new trailer to the beach with the truck and Judy bunked with us. My parents were in a nearby site. In the middle of the loop we were staying in was a little rickety swing set at which Alistair spent a lot of his time!
Gillian is a natural born camper. She just loves being outside.

The first day we were there we headed to Tillamook to go to the Tillamook Cheese factory - mostly for the ice cream. It is was delicious! My parents took some photos of Gillian eye balling and grabbing at my cone. She is very interested in what we are eating and was slightly offended she didn't get to try it! (:

Gillain snoozing with her new cow Tilly the next morning while we had breakfast. This is how she spent many of our meals - in the swing not always asleep!

Our site was right next to a path to the bathroom and the bathroom was behind our site. This afforded Alistair plenty of opportunities to be social with anyone and everyone who walked by. "Hi, how you doing? What's your name? What are you doing?", etc was the conversations being had by Alistair and his friends. In this particular photo Zak was barking at another dog going by. Alistair decided to emulate Zak and is down on his hands and knees barking too. Quite a pair!

The second full day we spent hanging out at the park and doing whatever. In the afternoon we decided to stretch our legs and went for a walk. We found this beach on Nehalem Bay which was a great place for the dogs to play. We brought the sand toys for Alistair. He set-up his area and then headed to the water to get a bucket full for his sand castle. It didn't occur to anyone until he was up to his ankles that not only was he not wearing shorts but he also wasn't wearing water shoes! (: He just waltzed right in; tennis shoes, jeans and all!

As mentioned above, Gillian is very curious about what we are eating. We were have apps before dinner and Gillian was VERY entranced watching Seth eat!

My parents have this pot holder that is the head of a tiger. It is ancient - literally. I can remember it being used when we went camping when I was little. In fact, somewhere in the giant box of photos my mom has is a photo of her wearing it to drink her wine cooler! (: This time it was swinging with Alistair and roaring at Seth!