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To the beach and back

Jackson and I took a little trip out to the coast last weekend for a father-son camping trip. We decided on Cannon Beach. It is a pretty quick trip to the beach and had our pick of camping spots as it had been quite rainy. We got to our site and decided to set up the tent and then the beach to fly Jackson's kite.

Upon arrival...

Almost ready for us...

Testing er out

All buttoned up...time for the beach!

So, we rolled over to the beach to fly the kite. One thing to note about our kite is that it is one of those two handled ones that can dip and dive without warning. Once you get the hang of it, it is great. Jackson does really well with it, but we need some room to practice before he can fly it around people. We really didn't have that option. After about 15 minutes, we packed it up and just took a stroll on the beach. We walked around for 30 minutes or so and Jackson was ready to get back to camp to start eating hot dogs. On our way back to the camp site, we made a quick stop at the ice cream parlor! Nothing like a little ice cream before dinner!

Here is our dinner table for the night.

We ate some dogs, (well, I ate chicken sausage!), drank some beers...and sprite. and then did the s'mores thing. Jackson had a great time and it was so fun to be with him for this little experience. He helped me set up the tent, chop some kindling, start our fire, and even clean up after dinner. We ended our night with not brushing our teeth and just went to bed around 9.

The next morning we woke up pretty early and headed into the Pig'n Pancake for breakfast. After some nasty food, it was back to our site to pack up and head home. All in all it was a great trip. Here are a few more pics of our trip. Jackson was being fairly corny for most pictures, but that is par for the course.