Oregon Coast – Home of the Penguins and Polar Bears
You know how the food that you crave the most are usually the ones that make your butt bigger or give you a heart attack down the road. Well, that’s how the Oregon coast is. I love our coast. It is a very beautiful place. I love listening to the sound of the ocean, watching the waves come in, and looking far into the horizon. On a clear day, I can even see my long-lost cousin waving from China.
But if you try to take a swim in our ocean, you’ll freeze and have a heart attack (but your butt won’t get any bigger). Then your fingers and toes will fall off. And you won’t be able to have normal sex for a hundred years. I have no proof of this, but I think there’s an Alaskan pipeline that pumps freezing Arctic water into the ocean off of our coast and makes our water so cold that penguins and polar bears migrate to our beach for the winter.
I can only stand in the ocean for about a minute before my feet freeze. But my kids have no problem running around in the water for hours. How is that possible? Do kids have some sort of special ability that I don’t know about?
As you can probably guess, we went to the coast over the weekend. As soon as we got there, the kids all ran to the water. And within 15 minutes, a wave knocked the Little Monkey on her back and completely soaked her clothes. The water was only a few inches high, but it freaked her out anyway. She demanded to go home. But after we changed her and had lunch, she was back having fun in the water. A few hours later, another wave knocked the Little Monkey down again. This time, the Little Monkey dragged her big sister into the water too. Next year, I think we need to get wet suits.
The colder the water, the faster they run
Too much hair gel or too much wind
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I love these images of your wee ones … childhood joy captured 100% pure … thanks for poping over to say gday … your coastal waters sound like the south island of New Zealand – you need a 4mm wetsuit in summer – brrrr – water straight off the pole. Stops your breath in your chest before it can escape yor lungs …. ouch !
have a great week – le
Do you have polar bears and penguins too?
Oh, brr! I bet the sand in your car was worth it anyway, though!
Yes, it’s always nice to have sand in the car. Right up there with the kids’ trash.
I don’t care how cold it is or what time of year it is – a trip to the beach is ALWAYS worth it!
It was worth the drive, but I still want a beach with warm water.
Come visit me down south. Warm water and nice beaches. And since school is in session, less crowded…
When I was growing up we used to take car trips up the coast and I loved the Oregon coastline. Gorgous beaches and lots of driftwood. I don’t ever seeing it sunny though. I always remembered fog or overcast. Did you guys steal some So Cal sunshine to brighten your coastal trip?
Sorry, the Oregon sunshine beach package is for only Oregonians. We don’t have enough sun for everyone.
I love your shares! It’s true that the ocean side there is always freezing!! (but at least your butt doesn’t get bigger – hee hee) It’s still gorgeous though! And I think kids are more immune and resilient to annoyances like extreme temperature things…at least mine seem to be.
Hugs,
Holly
I’m still amazed how long they stay in the freezing water.
The beach is always good. Kids don’t seem to have any nerve endings in their bodies. My kids can swim in the coldest water and their lips are blue and their teeth are chattering and they will swear they aren’t cold.
Princess’ hair is so long and pretty.
Yet they have no problem complaining about how cold it is when I have the window open on a 90 degree day.
I haven’t been to the Oregon coast but have always wanted to. If you think that’s cold come for a swim in our river in B.C. Canada.
I believe you. That’s why I will never try to swim in your river. Plus I’m not a good swimmer.
Hee hee, looks like so much fun! we live really near the coast now, can’t wait to go visit all the beaches! Well, once I’ve finished unpacking of course!
Perfect. By the time you are done unpacking, it will be spring. A good time to visit the beaches before they get crowded.
What beautiful photos…they sure look like they are having fun….Your oldest DD is looking more and more like her Mum every day…
xx
She’s also high maintenance like her mom.
Kid’s are just resilient, grown ups are wimps. Well, I’m a wimp, anyway. Especially in freezing water. No can do.
Lucky for you the water over in Florida is warm. Too bad that also means you have to deal with hurricanes.
ooooh, haystack rock, we used to go to that beach every summer when I was a kid…
I love the Oregon coast!
I hope you’re not one of those people who go to the rock and then get stuck during high tide.
That sounds like the beaches we visited in Connecticut when I was a kid. Beautiful, but freezing! The kids still look like they’re having fun. I love your commentary on the photos.
Also! I recently read a news story on-line about a nude rollerblader in Portland and, of course, thought of you.
Kids are furnaces, don’t you know that? :-D
Those rocks in the last picture kind of look like a scene from the Goonies, where the kdis are trying to get the rocks to line up in the holes through the doubloon.
Could be the same ones. The Goonies was film on the Oregon coast.