our yurt

we love to camp.

but, the oregon rain is already in full force!

so this time we decided to try something new.

ever stayed in yurt?

they have them all over in oregon but they are always way booked out.

i had been checking a few times a day for a couple of days, when i found a friday night open on the oregon coast so i hurried and booked it.

they kids were so exciting upon arriving to our little yurt for the night.

i got a lot of hugs and "good jobs for getting this for us mom" praises :o)

apparently they had forgot about the fact that i forgot our sleeping bags and added a good 30 minutes to our drive.

i was so surprised to see that the yurt had lights and a dial heater!

it also had plug-in's so you could bring your laptop and watch movies if you wanted...or a fan to help you sleep.

lucy spent a lot of time coloring at the little table...

and jumping on the bunkbeds.

the skylight is awesome and can be opened.

we were all nice and warm in our little yurt and the lights were turned out.

i could tell the kids were asleep and so was my husband...it always takes me a lot longer than everyone else to fall asleep.

i was laying there on the bottom bunk thinking about how much fun we were having when i heard a growling sound.

my heart started pounding and i figured it was nothing...when i heard it again...it was coming from outside of the yurt right where i was sleeping.

i yelled/whispered to my husband "something is growling outside and i am not kidding!"

he jumped up and went to the window...

there were 6 raccoons on our porch trying to get into our cooler.

they were growling and fighting.

now you would think that when they saw us looking at them they would run away...think again.

they were not afraid of us at all and we could not get them to leave!

 we were banging on things, yelling, and beeping the horn on our car alarm.

finally we grabbed the broom and made a plan...my husband flung the front door open and ran out with the broom...it scattered them long enough so he could grab the cooler and drag it in.

seriously i had not idea how mean these animals are...and how scared of us they are not.

they hung around our porch forever and eventually found a trash bag i had hung up on a porch pole.

i had nightmares about it all night!

the kids had woken up and were pretty scared as well.

then while we were trying to go back to sleep, my husband decides to browse the internet on his phone and read up on raccoons.

i told him so please stop reading at the part where "raccoons can tear of siding to get into houses."

the next morning we headed up HWY 101 just for fun.

there were so many cute little towns.

one of the little towns we stopped at had this cute little "Life Jacket Loaner Station."

oregon is so wonderful!

 

the rain did not let up the entire trip!

we didn't want the weather to stop us from having fun so we found a little store, purchased some ponchos, and found a little public dock to fish from.

trey is seriously the coolest kid ever.   he fished from that dock forever in the pouring rain and didn't complain about it one bit! 

we usually spend our

 weekends out and about.

there are  many times where it would just be easier to be a little lazy(sometimes we need a lazy weekend though) and hang around the house, but we have such a great time as a family getting away and experiencing this life...i am so grateful that my husband and kids are always up for an adventure!

what are your favorite things to do as a family...i am curious to know!