A few months after our parents had passed, we had planned a family roadtrip to one of their favorite places: Cannon Beach, Oregon. All the kids, grandkids, and great grandkids made arrangements to meet up in town. It was a really lovely weekend. Sad at times, of course. But also lots of great memories (past Keep reading

Man, I’ve been to Cannon Beach a bunch in the last few years. I’m not complaining. I love this place. Our folks were spending a few weeks in a cabin in September when my mom called, wondering when my sister Reagan and I were coming down to visit. This was NOT a thing we’d planned. Keep reading

So, my pal Aimee calls to tell me she’s got a spare dog-friendly hotel room reservation coming up in Cannon Beach (one of my favorite places ever!!!). Now, I’m going to spend a few days in a cabin near Steven’s Pass mid-August (and I just took my epic vacation to Indonesia), so I’ve really got Keep reading

So my sister’d been working on a project, scanning boxes of old family photos. This inevitably led to her viewing many many photos of family trips to the ocean. Growing up we were lucky enough to spend a week or two every summer at the coast. And so Reagan spent the end of August pining Keep reading

(Okay, so I always seem to be late in posting these. But this time I’m blaming wordpress, because dang are they having some weird issues and not letting me post at the moment. So I’m blaming them for a 24 hour delay. Let’s not get into how it’s still 6 weeks after the travel, hmmmm? Keep reading