A Yurting We Will Go

Last weekend was our annual yurting trip to Harris Beach in Brookings. This is the third year we have gone. The first year friends came with us, the second year it was just our family, and this year we were excited to have Aubrie with us.
The whole idea of these yurting trips we have started was to establish some traditions with our family. We want our yearly trip to be something that our kids always remember and look forward to each year. A Friday evening dinner at Wild River when we first get into town is one of those traditions.

We have stayed in the "Pistol" yurt all three years. We like the privacy the surrounding bushes provides, and it has a lot of space to set up chairs around the campfire.

This year we did something new. We made it into town in time for watching sunset at the beach. This might have to be added to our yearly tradition list.

Breakfast and coffee at the campsite.

Every trip we find a hike to do. We did this one on our first yurting trip, but we loved it and wanted to do it again. It takes you out to Cape Ferrelo, and you can see the ocean on three sides of you. Beautiful!

Hanging out at the campsite. Aubrie enjoyed this moment. She wasn't too sure about camping. I think she was a little cold and uncomfortable, but at this moment she was happy :)

Playing at the beach. While we were there, Paul noticed a guy and his son surfing. He knew that one of his former skiing instructors lives in Brookings, and wondered if it was him. It was! We got to hang out with Adam a little bit and even went to visit his family the next day.

Grant is making his first s'more. He REALLY liked it! :)

We usually try to do our trip in April, but this year since Aubrie would be so new we decided to try for May. When I booked the trip I didn't realize that it was on Mother's Day weekend. But I can't think of a better way to spend Mother's Day than with my family at the beach. Paul let me sleep in and then made me breakfast. We went on a little walk around the campground. Then we went into town to a little coffee shop on the docks. I'm thinking that a Sunday morning coffee shop trip wouldn't be a bad thing to add to our tradition list either... :)

When we got home from Brookings, we had Grandma and Poppin over for dinner. Poppin has been in Grenada for a month and was surprised at how big Aubrie had gotten!

It was fun to end Mother's Day with an evening with Paul's Mom.