Beach day!

My friend Pat has a new car, and we've been dying to break it in with a trip to the beach. So last Thursday, we got up early and made the 2 hour drive to the Oregon coast for a day of adventure! We enjoyed a little bit of everything the beach has to offer. First we went to Seaside to do some shopping, and try on hats at the hat shop (a must when you're in Seaside).

Classy Pat wears a classy hat. 

After we were done at Seaside, we went to Arcadia beach for a bit of ocean time. The weather was overcast, but warm, and it made for some great picture taking.

Once our feet were so cold we thought they might fall off, we took a break and went to visit the Tillamook cheese factory. We sampled the squeaky cheese and did a bit of shopping in the gift shop. We planned to go south to see Pacific City, but somehow we got turned around and ended up heading back north on a different road. The drive was so beautiful though, we didn't complain. Since we were heading the right direction anyway, we went back to Arcadia beach to see the tide pools while the tide was out.

Check out the difference from when I was standing here in the last picture! 

The wind kept turning me into cousin It.

This couple was riding their bikes on the beach, in the sunset.

I thought it was so cute!

And it made for some great pictures!

After the sun went down, we drove back up to seaside for some Chinese before we hit the road home. It was a thoroughly awesome day at the beach!