Spent the morning being lazy and getting stuff together for the beach and left out in the afternoon.  It is only a short drive to the coast, maybe two hours. This drive across 26 to the Pacific is what people take drives for,  the pine trees that create a tunnel of greens and the afternoon sun peaking through.  I actually drove the speed limit to make the drive last.  The excitement from B as we were closer and closer was too much.  He needs the ocean.  It must be his English/NewFoundlandish ancestry.  Maggie spotted the ocean before us and it was fun to watch the big blue edge get closer and closer.  Then we saw it–the Pacific–in all it’s glory and beauty.  The Oregon coast is unmatched in my mind with any other I have seen. There are no words–but we do have pictures.  We arrived at the house and the rest of the family arrived soon after.  So the place was full–the parents(John & Sandy), the kids (B, Jason, and Angie), their spouses(me, Jenn, and Chris), and the grand-kids(Sol, Blake, and Amara).  We ate and talked and tried to sleep.  Saturday we hung ate the beach!!  Too much fun with the kids!  That night we went down and had a fire on the beach…perfect.  The night sky was a little cloudy though and blocked our view of the stars.  We got a little sleep and then up again.  Sunday was a little cooler and rainy.  The parents and Jason/Jenn/Sol had to go so we went down to the beach before they left.  Wish we had more time with the parents:( They all left and we took a fat nap.  Awoke to find Chris and Angie’s friends had arrived.  We hung with them, played some cranium and watched the meteor shower.  Holy crap!!!  It was amazing –I hope at least some of you saw some of it!  That finished off our night pretty well—that and having our own room:)