Oregon Coast Trip 2012

This past weekend, Joe, the dogs and I packed up and headed for Newport, OR for the weekend.

Newport is one of my most favorite places on earth. Rain or shine, it's just good for my soul. My skin loves it there. My hair explodes in frizzy waves of ecstasy. I love to just sit and stare at the ocean.

Ahhh... I miss it now ;)

Speaking of rain...... It rained.

A lot.

In fact, the weather was pretty miserable the entire time we were there. At least it wasn't terribly cold most of the time. In spite of the rain, I'm really glad we went, especially since Ember is almost a year old and hadn't yet been to the beach.  (gasp!)

She LOVED it!!!  :D

She had a blast running like a maniac and chasing the frisbee. She didn't even seem to be that scared of the waves, which was surprising. In July when we went camping on Lake Pend Oreille, she was scared of the water and barked at the little waves as they hit her feet. ;)

She had a lot of fun running and jumping up and down the little sand dunes, racing Cedar at the shoreline, and tugging with Scully.

As always, Cedar and Scully had a great time, too. Cedar absolutely loves the beach and the water. I think she really appreciates the wide open spaces and getting to really stretch out and run. I think she looks awfully pretty < 3

She's such a good poser, too :)

Out of all of us, Scully definitely had the worst time with the bad weather. She didn't want to come out of her crate--ever--and had the most horrible look on her face whenever we'd make her get out to go potty ;). 

Except, however, when we went to the beach!  Scully LOVES the beach, and after spending hours cooped up in her kennel, she went WILD. Running, barking, whining, jumping, flying through the dunes and chasing the frisbee as hard and fast as the collies. 

You could just tell by the look on her fact that she was having the best time :)

I actually like this picture of me and my girls. Wish I would have noticed Ember's awkward stance though... it's the only part of the pic that bothers me, LOL. I promise that she doesn't stand like that normally!  ;) 

The below picture makes me laugh, not because of the photo itself, but because of the comments I got on it on Facebook. Pretty much every time I post a pic of my dogs posed, someone always asks "how did you get them to sit like that?"  I always reply, "I pose them, and tell them to stay." It's true!  I love having well trained dogs ;) 

It's a pretty picture, at any rate, even though Scully looks like I had to beat her into position. She's never been an enthusiastic poser like the collies, but she does what she's told ;) Gotta love them.

To all my East Coast friends.... I'll be thinking of you as Hurricane Sandy continues to make its way through that part of the country. Stay safe!