Day 3 was another activity-filled day with Ross and Sammi taking Mom down south to the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Joel and I took advantage of an early morning walk on the beach and Joel was able to capture some great sunrise photos.

We headed down to the beach and saw some extremely rough seas – in fact there were a lot of warnings around dangerous waves, high tides and what are called “Sneaker Waves” – waves which may be 2 – 3 feet deep that rush up the shore and then back out without any warning. They did leave a lot of interesting sea foam!

Once we made it back to the room, we changed clothes and met Natalie for our Aerial Tour/Zipline adventure. Natalie is an old pro at this and had apparently gone multiple times with Alex and Xavier. She basically had to “show us the ropes.” Both Joel and I were new to this adventure!

After changing clothes again and meeting the rest of the group, we headed up to Lincoln City to the Heart & Stone – highly recommended, didn’t take reservations and the sign on the door indicated they were away for two weeks! DRAT and double DRAT! So much for researching restaurants months in advance! Another quick internet search and we ended up at McMenamins Lighthouse not far away.