beachy

we spent a splendiferous 24 hours in cannon beach (thursday night - friday night) ... ostensibly celebrating our 5th engagement anniversary, but actually taking advantage of free lodging and the chance to hang out at the beach with each other and family. this time "family" was just my parents, as chip&co (co, in this case = bekah and jared) had too much homework to stay friday.

as always, pop taught at ecola bible school, on the grounds of cannon beach conference center. we've made the same trip every year since i can remember, so the school is laden with memories, and the trip with ritual.
we managed to catch the last teaching session. (which is always the best!)
the weather definitely fit my definition of cooperation. (aka: no snow, hail, tsunami warnings, and enough space in between the rainstorms to enjoy a few beach walks.) we arrived just in time for a gorgeous thursday night sunset, and on friday, commandeered a leftover beach fire to ward of the -14 degree wind chill. :P

of course, this is us on vacation ... so the trip involved plenty of this ...
and, for pop, this...
(i took a photo of mom nursing her headache but i think she'd kill me if i posted it.)

our ritual haunts include the psycho-bug, a foam festooned volkswagon which we pay homage to on every visit. this time, however, the psycho-bug had been replaced with a rather flighty newcomer!
bruce's candy kitchen - not so ritual, but definitely the place to go for some out-of-this-world sea foam!
and, of course, how could i leave out bella. my happy place.

we capped off the drive home with a 10:30 dinner at mcmenamins edgefield ... because neither of us really wanted that last can of tuna.

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