our trip to LaPush

we took the ferry over which was really cool. it was the first time boomer has been on a ferry. it's been so long, that it was all new to us, too. the ferry has since changed and is way smaller than we remembered. also, all the benches inside the ferry were all leather. as we were walking around inside, i took the opportunity to teach. jax is learning to sound out words and i saw a sign that was relatively easy for him to read. it said NO SHOES ON SEATS with a little graphic of a shoe with blue and purple stars all over it. so i ask jax what he figures that sign says... he responds... "MAGICAL SHOES!!!!!" so cute.

when we got to la push we checked into our cabin, dropped off our stuff and immediately checked out the beach that was literally a stone's throw away. i spent my time on the beach searching for cool rocks and shells, as i always do on a beach trip. all my boys found cool logs and things to climb on, as they always do.

these pics in order are... *the cabin we stayed in. *i found a really cool rock that looked exactly like a remote, perfect size, black and all smooth. i really wish i'd have kept it.*boomer's beach pic.*boomer and daddy climing on logs.*jason on the gigantic stump waiting for the all clear to jump off.*jaxon's beach pic.*J+C heart*jason looking at the area his dad's fishing boat wrecked(angrily, as he mentioned in the last post)*the cool red log jason was so taken by.










we came in at dusk, jason made a fire and we played cribbage and talked about his dad while the boys played fort in one of the bedrooms. it was a really cool cabin, we'd like to go back someday and maybe stay with some friends for longer than one night.





after we checked out of our cabin, we decided to go for a short hike to second beach. we took our time and stopped a lot to explore cool stumps and take lots of pics. check out the bottom left pic. can you spot boomer? he's our little waldo.







this is what we found. it was so beautiful, we had so much fun and made such good memories on this beach. it reminded me a lot of larabee and clayton beach, actually. you may notice the boys totally wet in one of these pics. we actually got pretty far into our trek before the boys stopped listening to us tell them NO PUDDLES!! so we gave up and let them jump in the tide pools. they were miserable by lunchtime, and we were able to teach a lesson about why not to get all wet in january when we aren't near our gear. we'll see if that lesson stuck?! i had jason climb up this rock to get a great pic of him. after, i told him to slide down, but he thought that wasn't manly, so he stood up and jumped into wet sand. not smart, and i'd say hobbling around on a jacked-up heel for 3+days is not so manly, either!











after the hike we decided it was time for lunch, so we drove over to rialto beach, where we thought we'd get a better vantage point of the place where the boat wreck happened, to eat. we were the ONLY ones there. they had a cute little picnic area so we set up shop and started to eat our pb&js when all of a sudden this little bus type thing drove up and let off a half a dozen people. weird, we thought. as they passed we realized...




....of course. it's the TWILIGHT tour! they were the sightseers in this situation, however, we couldn't help but stare at them and take pics! you can't tell by this pic, but not a single one of them was a preteen!! it was kind of cool in a way, knowing a movie was filmed in parts of these tiny towns, but really weird to see all the hullaballoo over it! i mean, seriously. there were giant posters on every storefront, including the grocery store. every hotel, motel or resort (which are few, but still...) had twilight themed rooms and/or offered tours, an entire twilight store, a bella burger at the burger joint where we stopped to eat. they sure are milking it for all it's worth!




on the way to jason's mom's house we stopped at "the biggest cedar in the world." really, i think it was just a BIG cedar, like ALL the signs said. you'd think that if it was the world's biggest cedar the signs would say so! jason is SURE it's the biggest and keeps wanting to google it to prove me wrong. whatever. it was GIANT and beautiful and fun. that's all that matters, right?!