CANNON BEACH

on friday when b was in town we drove down to the coast for some chowder and a salty walk along the water. it was an intensely beautiful day. there is something so energizing about the sheer enormity of all that ocean, isn't there? and the gray shake sidings against all those shaggy fir trees. it was a really good day. brandon and i took turns nearly killing everyone on the car on the ride there and back, bonus! it was pretty thrilling.

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(i'm trying this out on the photo heavy posts for a bit. it might not stick.)

i was not driving when i took these photos. :)

the roads to the coast were filled the kind of smoky fog that writes poetry. the air tasted amazing.

we had lunch as mo's, as you do. i think the cannon beach mo's beats the lincoln city mo's by a long shot. brandon and i kept calling it the lincoln center mo's when we were trying to decide which beach to drive to, that's embarrassing isn't it. clam chowderrrrrrrrrr.

we had the whole place to ourselves, it was crazy! and here's a little secret from a former oregonian to you: cannon beach in the winter feels the exactly the same as cannon beach in the summer. cold, windy, moody. cannon beach in january is like disneyland in late september. E M P T Y.

there's the hero shot

i'll taaaaaake..... that one.

playing penguins with grandma. huck and my mom are thick as thieves these days. my mom happens to make the best play dough angry birds this side of the mississippi.

failed attempt at a family photo numbers one through four. huck was not having it. my mom is the most cheerful photographer, she just kept shooting and shooting, eventually SOMEONE was going to decide to cooperate, right? you'd think? meanwhile i kept sinking lower and lower into the sand. almost my whole boot was covered. it was mildly terrifying. huck never did look up from the sand. we couldn't stop laughing. holbrook boys are the grumpiest suckers.

they're also serial rule breakers. :)

i want to go back! saltwater taffy doesn't taste nearly as good once you get it home.