Beach Day

In an attempt to squeeze as much outdoor play into the last remaining weekends of summer, we headed to the coast. Florence is about 45 minutes west from where we live and it's such a beautiful beach. I thought it would be weird living further from a beach than we were used to in la, but with all the traffic on the 101 it turns out to be the same amount of time.

The Oregon Coast is awesome. The whole coast line is owned by the state or rather 'The People'. So that means, no private beaches for you to trespass on and no crazy parking lots charging $15 per car. Just mile after mile of empty beach. About an hour north of Florence is a town called Newport. That is where the Oregon Aquarium is located. We have been gathering up the stamina to drive all the way up there. Maybe in the winter, it'll give us something to do while Eugene is covered in a blanket of cloudy rain.

This past Sunday on our trip to the beach, we decided to bring Bella, our new Cocker Spaniel. She just seems like a dog that would love running in the sand and frolicking in the water. While she loved the sand, the water was entirely too cold for her. She took one dip and that was good enough for her.

I'm still getting used to the internal light meter on my camera. Haven't quite figured out how to meter off of something darker so it doesn't automatically take the reading from the lightest thing and darken the whole photo. This is why some pictures appear to be darker than others. Giving the illusion that it's later in the day. All of the pictures were taken between 2 and 5 (brightest part of the day).

Juno found a walking stick and poked around at all the jelly fish looking blobs in the sand. He had to point out every shell to us. "Shell right HEEEERE!!!!"



Ryan and the bug decided to race a wave. As you can see, the wave won.


This is me trying to practice some portraits. This huge log was perfect for sitting and framing.

My wonderful boys.

Bella the black blob.


This is an example of a light meter taking a reading from the brightness of the water and sky. It made this image look as if it were 7 or 8pm. I like it though. It makes me feel cold. haha


I'm sure that this was probably our last trip to the coast for the summer. The weather is starting to change into fall and the beach will just be too cold for the remainder of the year.