Today we headed to the Oregon Aquarium in Seaside. Tripadvisor had positive reviews but made it clear this was a small aquarium. The aquarium had a nice collection of Anemones and smaller sea life. It did have a tank of sea otters that were really funny begging for our small fish bits purchased to feed them. One of them continued to purposely splash me until I fed him/her.
Heading back to Cannon Beach (the town), we stopped at Public Coast Brewing Company. The food, service, and dining experience was really nice. After lunch I surprised Donna with the short trip South to Hug Point State Recreation Area. The beach here has some sea caves and a hidden waterfall around a rocky point. We climbed some rocks and timed our walk to avoid the surf to get to the waterfall. Maverick had a great time running around and climbing the waterfall rocks with me. After about 30 minutes of play time we headed back. Uh-oh, the tide was obviously coming in and was now at least another 6 inches deeper than when we first came around the point. I was able to climb higher on the rocks and time my run to avoid getting very wet. Donna and Maverick ended up wading through 6 inches of surf to get back to the main beach. We are glad we didn’t wait any later.