Rockaway Beach Weekend

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A few weeks ago, my cute little family headed to the Oregon coast {in very similar fashion to last year’s trip, at around the same time} for a long weekend. We stayed at a vacation rental in Rockaway Beach, a teeny tiny coastal town, and fell in love! It’s small, but very charming. It had 1 small grocery store, a few ice cream and candy shops, lots of antique stores, a handful of great restaurants and some other fun little quirks like the pirate themed market on Saturday where at least half of the city was dressed in pirate clothing. Not even joking, you guys. We headed down to the beach Saturday morning and started seeing swarms of people pirates. We were like “what in the world is happening?” so obviously we followed them and realized that it was a Rockaway Beach thing. They even shot a cannon every 15 minutes and kept yelling “Y’arrrrrr”.

Oh the things we saw.

One thing I realized this weekend was that motherhood is exhausting but so very rewarding. Gord and I balance each other out and I very much appreciate that we are equal partners in this whole parenthood thing. There were very early mornings and very late nights because the kids somehow are hard wired to know that vacation means little sleep. But Brooke and Blake are such wonderful, happy, healthy, smart children. I’m so lucky to be their Mom. This vacation helped me realize that I am so grateful to have people call me wife and mother.

Here are some photos from the trip. All detailed recommendations for Rockaway Beach are at the bottom of this post. Yay, Oregon!

Rockaway Beach Recommendations:

Old Oregon Smokehouse–get the chowder and fish and chips. I’ve never had better chowder than I have here. It’s incredible.
120 US-101
Rockaway Beach, OR
(503) 355-2817

Kelly’s Marina–crabbing and fishing! Everything here is suuuuper fresh. I want to eat it allll.
29200 Hwy 101 N
Rockaway Beach, OR 97136
(503) 368-5745

Sea Breeze Gifts–ice cream and salt water taffy sold here! {It’s the bright purple building}
102 Highway 101 S
Rockaway Beach, OR 97136

The house we rented right here. Not good if you want privacy, but so beautiful and updated.