Oregon Coast

June 21-24, 2012
Gearhart, OR

My dad grew up on the Oregon Coast in a small town called Gearhart.  It's very close to Seaside and just a little jaunt from Astoria.  Jason, Alyssa and I took a long weekend to spend with my extended family in the exact house my dad and his siblings grew up in!  A few years ago, we tracked down the owners so this was the 2nd time we rented the home.

It was incredibly rainy the whole weekend - Alyssa was in Heaven!  We flew in to Portland and my parents picked us up to drive the few hours to the coast.  As soon as we arrived, we took the walk out to the chilly beach.

You can see the house in the background

On Friday we checked out the brand new Seaside brewery and I had a yummy crab roll!  They were out of their own beers but had a good selection of other local ones.  After dinner, we walked around cute little Seaside and saw the office building/apartments my Grandparents used to own.  We went back to the house and we relaxed at the house and watched The Goonies & chatted.

On Saturday, we drove all over until we ended up in Astoria.  We went to visit the house where Goonie's was filmed!  It was pretty cool since we just watched it (my first time) the night before.  It was on a small hill and you have to park at the bottom and walk up.  We also drove by the Kindergarten Cop school.

Just missing a pirate ship

After the movie tour, we went to Fort George Brewery and had some great beers and yummy french fries. 

We had to get back to the house because the family was cooking up the food they got that morning - clams and mussels!  It's a family tradition.  What a tasty meal!

After dinner, I photographed each family and we set up the tripod for a group photo!

Cousin Bryan took this one!

My fam - some are missing :)

Our last day, Sunday was quite lazy.  Jason and Alyssa were both addicted to their Hunger Games book.  We said goodbye to everyone and headed back to PDX.  Our plane didn't leave until late so we had time to hit up Hair of the Dog brewery. 

reading buddies

It was nice and relaxing - and rainy!  So glad to catch up with my family :)