It was a great Saturday today. I was able to go on a short bike ride with some ward friends in the morning. Then, after Melissa went to the gym, we packed up the kids to head out to the coast. I had heard of the Drift Creek Falls hike and have wanted to go for a month now. On our way out, we stopped at a fruit stand on the side of the road. They also happened to have pony rides. Moriah has wanted to ride a horse or pony for so long! They each got a short ride on the ponies and all of a sudden we had some stoked kids.
The Drift Creek Falls hike is perfect for a short family jaunt. You have to leave the highway and travel on an old logging road for 9 miles or so. Great hike that takes about ½ hour each way with kids. A fair amount of small hills that present a challenge for kids. But we really didn’t get much whining from them. They were troopers. I think it helped that we were tallying all the caterpillars we saw along the trail. Anything to distract, eh? The suspension bridge at the falls is really impressive.
After the hike, we headed down to the beach at Lincoln City. The tide was way higher than I’ve ever seen it before. It was somewhat chilly at the beach, so we only spent less than an hour there, then headed to dinner and home. It was a lot of fun for us. I was surprised at how the kids’ demeanor changed. I know that if we had stayed at home it would have been a day with friends, which always includes some bickering, etc. Man was this better! Family time is so important. Not to mention I got out of mowing the lawn for the day…but that just makes the day of reckoning that much worse!
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