Oceans of Fun: Part 4

May 12th through May 14th

After a rocky start to the night and no sleep for the mommies until the early hours, Kaylen woke up insisting she was fine. Against our better judgement, we gave into her desire for chocolate milk. Oh yeah - within 15 minutes we saw that again. Ugh. She is so good though - and made it to the bathroom.

Kelton and I drove into the store to pick up some supplies not knowing how the day would play out. When we got back it took just minutes for the crying and fighting to start. It was more than I could do - spend the day on the coast cooped up with fighting children. So we made the decision to clean up, pack up and head home a day early. No one was happy about it and the kids begged and pleaded to stop at Tolavana to check on the holes that they had dug the night before. No harm there so we agreed.

By the time we arrived (several hours later because of the cleaning up and packing and driving) the sun was shining and Kaylen was acting completely normal. She said she felt "good!" and we were kicking ourselves. Dakota and I hatched a plan: make a few calls and see if we could find someplace affordable to stay for the night. After all, things at home were taken care of for another day and no one was expecting us back.

She made two calls and presto! The next thing we knew we were arriving at the SurfSand Resort to check out a couple rooms. Oh my gosh! Can I tell you how much we LOVE this place?!?!?! As in LOVE LOVE LOVE. Cannot say enough good things about it. Seriously.

We've always known this in our hearts but this was the nail in the coffin: beach houses are great for some but not so much our style. We LOVE beach front hotels. (Spoiled much? Why yes, thank you. We hope so.)

They made us a rocking great deal for quite a bit less than the usual "going rate" and we were happy to take it. Our room was on ground level with a parking lot door and, on the other side of the room, a slider that opened onto the lawn and pathway to the sand. HEAVEN!

They had a swimming pool too and the kids were itching to swim so Kelton and I took off to the outlet mall to find suits for the three of them. While we were gone, Dakota and Kaylen played on the beach and in the surf and then went back into the room and had an hour long soak in the giant jacuzzi while they watch the bathroom television. Talk about decadent! :)

We went to the pool and the three of them played while I stood guard. After that, we all went back to the room to get ready for dinner. We ate and spent a little time roaming around before heading back to our beautiful and amazing room.

The kids were down quickly leaving Dakota and I to read and watch a movie.

Ahhhhhhh! Bliss!

We woke the next day with the question: Do we steal another day in paradise or suck it up and go home?

Do you know us? How well? What do YOU think we did? :)

We made the phone calls to the pet sitter, Dakota's work and Kelton's school and we were good to go! We were told at check in the day before that our particular room wasn't available for two nights but that if we wanted to extend, they would happily move us. Can I just say? This moving rooms is pretty good? Two sparking clean rooms is pretty much amazing. :)

We were up on the third floor of the same building for the second night and it was spectacular! The view was truly amazing - the ocean, the sand and Haystack Rock all right out our sliding doors. Of course, that day it poured rain and the wind howled like a December night be we still managed to have a really, really great time.












Rain or not, we went in and out of every single shop in Cannon Beach and had a great time doing so. The kids were really good and the town all but deserted. Perfect for us. After we were done we headed back for some down time; the kids played and Dakota and I read for a bit. Then the kids wanted a bath so Dakota enjoyed some time in the jacuzzi with them. They stayed in for almost two hours! And me? I stayed camped out on the oh so comfy bed and read and read and read. Bliss, people. I'm talking B.L.I.S.S.




It was dinner time so we went back into town and had dinner at Bill's Tavern (which, by the way, has the best BLT sandwich I think I have ever tasted! Kelton says they also have the best clam chowder he's ever had and he orders it everywhere we go so I would take his word for it.). We headed back to the resort with the wind whipping. The kids wanted to hit the beach which we tried to talk them out of. Kelton decided against it but Dakota went ahead and took Kaylen. Needless to say, they didn't get too far because it was so windy that the sand was actually blowing and rolling with the wind. It was amazing to watch, that's for sure.

Before we knew it it was time to say goodnight. Another night of reading for Dakota and I.

The next morning dawned bright and beautiful! We walked down to Haystack Rock and learned quite a lot about the bird sanctuary that it is. It was pretty cool to be so close to this enormous rock that can be seen for miles.




From there it was a quick jaunt to check out time. We packed up and sadly said farewell. As we were out getting photos by the Puffin (not in the rain) the manager came out and offered to take a family photo. This is great because it's something we rarely have on vacation. He asked us all about our stay and if we thought they could improve anywhere. I'm telling you - the customer service of this place rocked so, so hard.

We drove down the road, had breakfast and walked around a bit stopping at the park for some playtime. Then we walked back up the car and headed out of town.

What a seriously fantastic week at the coast. Well you know - minus the barfing and all but really, even that turned out to be a gift because we never would have stayed at the SandSurf Resort and we all know that was Dakota's and my favorite part of the entire trip. :)